St Mary's Church, Mellor
| St Mary's Church, Mellor | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Gothic Revival | | |
| Groundbreaking | 1827 | |
| Completed | 1829 | |
| Construction cost | £5,496 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Blackburn | |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn | |
| Deanery | Whalley | |
| Parish | St Mary, Mellor | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | Revd Amma Sue Williams | |
| Laity | ||
| Organist(s) | Geoff Hill | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Jim Saunders Graham Tipper | |
| Parish administrator | Sue Sanders | |
St Mary's Church is in Church Lane,
History
The church was built between 1827 and 1829 to a design by
Architecture
Exterior
St Mary's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with a clerestory and a continuous chancel, north and south aisles, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with angle buttresses. There is a west door above which is quatrefoil in a circular surround. There are single-light windows in the middle stage, and the bell openings in the top stage also have a single light. The tower is surmounted by a needle spire, set back from the parapet. It contains openings under gablets. In the angles between the tower and the nave are single-storey projections with buttresses and single-light west windows. The bays along the walls of the aisles are separated by buttresses, and each bay contains a pair of lancet windows. The clerestory bays also contain paired windows. In the angles between the aisles and the chancel are more single-storey projections. On each side of the chancel are single-light windows, and the east window consists of five stepped lancets.[2]
Interior
Inside the church are five-bay arcades with pointed arches carried on piers consisting of four clustered columns. There is a west gallery with carved traceried panels that contains an organ. Between the nave and the altar is a screen that incorporates a pulpit on its northern side.[2] The font is in white marble, and has a carved cover including a pyramidal spire with angels. The stained glass includes windows in the south aisle by Capronnier dating from the later part of the 19th century, and a window in the north aisle dated 1928 by Whitefriars. There are also two windows from the early 20th century that are possibly by Shrigley and Hunt.[4] The three-manual organ was built by Renn and Boston, and was extended in 1897 by Edwin Smith of Blackburn.[6]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of ten Commonwealth service personnel of World War I, and six of World War II.[7]
See also
- List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
- Listed buildings in Mellor, Lancashire
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
Notes
A In some cases, as in this one, the size of the grant was greater than the actual construction cost because it also included contributions towards the cost of the site, legal fees, etc.[3]
References
- ^ St Mary, Mellor, Church of England, retrieved 19 December 2011
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Mellor (1072074)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 December 2011
- ^ ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 11 June 2022
- ^ Lancashire, Mellor, St. Mary (N01633), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 19 December 2011
- ^ MELLOR (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 16 February 2013
