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Christ Church, Chatburn 
Christ Church, Chatburn, from the southwestLocation in Lancashire
Christ Church, ChatburnCoordinates: 53°53′39″N 2°21′06″W / 53.8941°N 2.3516°W OS grid reference SD 769 442 Location Chatburn, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Christ Church, Chatburn History Founded 22 June 1837 Founder(s) Dixon Robinson Dedication Jesus Christ Consecrated 18 September 1838 Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 27 April 1984 Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe
Frederick RobinsonArchitectural type Church Style Romanesque revival Groundbreaking 1837 Completed 1883 Administration Parish Christ Church, Chatburn Deanery Whalley Archdeaconry Blackburn Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Priest(s) Canon Rodney Nicholson Assistant priest Revd Anne Hardacre Laity Churchwarden(s) D. W. Ascroft
Mrs E. M. DouglasParish administrator H. E. Boden Christ Church, Chatburn, is in the village of Chatburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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History
Construction of the church began in 1837, the architect being Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster.[3] It was one of Sharpe's first commissions and one of his early churches in Romanesque style.[4] The foundation stone was laid on 22 June 1837. Under the stone a bottle was placed containing coins, medals, and a copy of the Blackburn Standard. The church was consecrated on 18 September 1838 by the Bishop of Chester. On 3 May 1854 the spire was struck by lightning, damaging both the spire and the tower.[5]
In 1881 it was decided to enlarge the church, and the architect Frederick Robinson from Derby was commissioned to supervise this. The nave was widened by the addition of north and south aisles, and the chancel by the addition of a north transept, acting as an organ chamber, and a south transept, used as a choir vestry.[5] This was carried out in 1882–83.[3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner remarks on the uniform architectural style used by the two architects, writing "all is so entirely of a piece".[6]
Architecture
The original parts of Christ Church are constructed in limestone with sandstone dressings and it has a slate roof; the spire is in sandstone.[2] The expansion of 1882–83 is in Runcorn red sandstone, with dressings in Bath stone.[5] The tower has three stages; the lowest stage has two blank arches on each side and two round-headed windows on the west front. There are similar windows on each side of both upper stages, and in the top stage are clock faces. The plan of the church consists of a west tower with a spire, a nave with north and south aisles and a south porch, and a chancel with a semicircular apse. Internally, at the west end is a gallery.[2] The two-manual organ was made by Brindley & Foster of Sheffield in 1890.[7]
See also
- List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe
References
- ^ Christ Church, Chatburn, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chatburn-christ-church/, retrieved 25 March 2010
- ^ a b c "Christ Church, Chatburn", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1163617, retrieved 13 May 2011
- ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 209, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, pp. 41, 67, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
- ^ a b c Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, pp. 122, 125
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002) [1969], North Lancashire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 93, ISBN 0-300-09617-8
- ^ Lancashire, Chatburn, Christ Church, British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01631, retrieved 25 March 2010
Categories:- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Romanesque Revival architecture in England
- Religious buildings completed in 1837
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Edmund Sharpe buildings
- Buildings and structures in Ribble Valley
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