St Saviour's Church, Ringley

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St Saviour's Church, Ringley
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking1850
Completed1854
Specifications
MaterialsStone
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseManchester
ArchdeaconryBolton
DeaneryBolton
ParishStoneclough
Clergy
RectorRevd Carol Helen Pharaoh

St Saviour's Church is in

Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bolton, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice is united with those of St Peter's, Farnworth, St John the Evangelist, Farnworth and Holy Trinity, Prestolee.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

The first church was built in 1625. It was replaced in 1826 by a church designed by

consecrated on 10 June 1854 by the Bishop of Manchester.[6]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in stone with ashlar dressings, and has a stone slate roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch and a chancel with a south vestry. At the southwest corner is an octagonal turret. The turret has a gabled buttress over which are lancet bell openings, a cornice and a spire. In the west end is a doorway over which are three tall two-light windows.[2]

Interior

Some of the fittings were moved from the old church. These include the chancel rails in

canopy in a chapel at the northwest of the church dating from 1921. Also in the church are monuments to the memory of Matthew Fletcher, owner of the Wet Earth Colliery who died in 1808, and his nephew Ellis Fletcher who died in 1834.[3]

Separate tower

Standing in an isolated position by the road is the tower from the original church.[7] A plaque above the door refers to its building in 1625. Another plaque refers to the addition of a vestry in 1726, and the church's rebuilding in 1826. The tower is in three stages, with entrances on the lowest stage, some of which are blocked. In the middle and upper stages are three-light mullioned windows, and above these in the top stage is a clock face on each side. Over these is a cornice and an embattled parapet with a pinnacle at each corner. The tower is a Grade II listed building.[7]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains the war graves of six soldiers of the

Second World War.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ St Saviour, Ringley, Church of England, retrieved 7 August 2011
  2. ^ a b Historic England, "Church of St Saviour, Ringley (1067295)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2015
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-300-10583-5
  4. ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, pp. 225–226
  7. ^ a b Historic England, "Tower to former church approximately 7 metres to west of Church of St Saviour, Ringley (1356797)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2015
  8. ^ RINGLEY (ST. SAVIOUR) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 6 February 2013
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