St Paul's Church, Skelmersdale
| St Paul's Church | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Gothic Revival | | |
| Groundbreaking | 1903 | |
| Completed | 1906 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Sandstone, tiled roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Liverpool | |
| Archdeaconry | Warrington | |
| Deanery | Ormskirk | |
| Parish | St Paul, Skelmersdale | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | Revd Christopher Spittle | |
| Curate(s) | Revd Jack Shepherd | |
St Paul's Church is in Church Road,
Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
A chapel was first built in Skelmersdale in 1776 as a
consecrated on 18 December 1906 by the Rt Revd Francis Chavasse, bishop of Liverpool.[4] It was designed by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, and provided seating for 575 people.[5] The plan was to add a tower on the north side of the chancel, but this was never built.[6]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in
baptistry, north and south aisles, and a chancel, with the base of the projected tower to the north, and a vestry to the south. The clerestory windows have arched heads and contain rounded tracery. The windows along the sides of the aisles are flat-headed, and also contain rounded tracery. At the west end of the church buttresses flank the baptistry, above which is an arched four-light window. On the tower base is a pyramidal roof.[2]
Interior
Inside the church the arcades are carried on octagonal piers. Below the clerestory windows is a continuous impost with a raised carved inscription in Latin.[2] The east window contains stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt.[6] The two-manual pipe organ was built by Rushworth and Dreaper.[7]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of three service personnel of World War I, and seven of World War II.[8]
See also
- Listed buildings in Skelmersdale
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Paul's Church, Skelmersdale.
- ^ St Paul, Skelmersdale, Church of England, retrieved 26 March 2012
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of Paul, Skelmersdale (1291741)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2012
- ^ Parish of Skelmersdale, Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks, retrieved 26 March 2012
- ^ The Building, St Paul's, Skelmersdale, retrieved 26 March 2012
- ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- ^ ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 2 July 2020
- ^ SKELMERSDALE (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 17 February 2013
