St Matthew's Church, Little Lever
| St Matthew's Church, Little Lever | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Gothic Revival | | |
| Completed | 1865 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings Slate roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Manchester | |
| Archdeaconry | Bolton | |
| Deanery | Bolton | |
| Parish | St. Matthew, Little Lever | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | Fr. John Wiseman | |
| Assistant priest(s) | Fr. Ian Anthony | |
| Laity | ||
| Churchwarden(s) | Kate Bridge , Lynn Donnelly | |
St Matthew's Church is in the town of
Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bolton, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.[1] St Matthew's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
St Matthew's was built in 1865 to replace an earlier church built in 1791 on the other side of the street. It was designed by the
First World War.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in
Decorated. The plan consists of a nave, north and south transepts, a west porch, a chancel, a north vestry, and a tower at the southeast corner. The tower is in four stages, with a stair turret in its southeast corner. The bell openings have two lights and louvres. In the stair turret there are small lancet windows. At the summit of the tower is a plain parapet and corner pinnacles. Along the walls of the nave are two-light windows separated by buttresses. At the west end are large buttresses, a gabled porch, and a rose window. On the south wall of the chancel is a small three-light window, and on the north side, over the vestry, are two lancet windows. At the east end is a three-light window containing plate tracery. On the gable ends are finials.[2]
Interior
In the chancel is a stone reredos, with stone panels containing the Ten Commandments and the Creed on each side, and a double sedilia. The choir stalls, organ front and screen are elaborately carved. The chancel is floored with Minton tiles. At the west end is a gallery, under which is a glazed screen.[2] The pulpit and font are both "heavy stone tubs".[3] The three-manual organ was built in 1884 by Brindley and Foster, and enlarged by the same firm in 1911.[4]
Churchyard
The churchyard contains the
Second World War.[5]
See also
- Listed buildings in Little Lever
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
References
- ^ St. Matthew, Little Lever, Church of England, retrieved 6 June 2011
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Matthew, Bolton (1391096)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 July 2012
- ^ ISBN 0-300-10583-5
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 1 July 2020
- ^ Little Lever (St. Matthew) Churchyard, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 4 February 2013