St Bede's Church, Widnes

St Bede's Church, Widnes
St Bede's Church, Widnes

St Bede's Church, Widnes
St Bede's Church, Widnes is located in Cheshire
St Bede's Church, Widnes
Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 2°43′51″W / 53.3711°N 2.7308°W / 53.3711; -2.7308
OS grid reference SJ 514 863
Location Widnes, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Dedication St Bede
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 31 October 1983
Architect(s) Weightman and Hadfield
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1847
Specifications
Materials Red sandstone, slate roof
Administration
Diocese Liverpool

St Bede's Church, Widnes is in the town of Widnes, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,[1] and is an active Roman Catholic church.[2]

The church was completed in 1847 to a design by Weightman and Hadfield.[3] It is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel and a south porch. The tower has angle buttresses, gargoyles and crenellations. The altar dated 1850 is said to be by Pugin.[1] The organ is large and is sited under the tower.[3]

See also

  • Listed buildings in Widnes

References

  1. ^ a b "Church of St Bede, Widnes", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1130411, retrieved 24 April 2011 
  2. ^ Widnes, Archdiocese of Liverpool, http://www.archdiocese-of-liverpool.co.uk/parishes/19widnes.html, retrieved 19 March 2008 
  3. ^ a b Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 652–653, ISBN 0-300-10910-5 
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