Buildings and Structures in Pendle - Schools in Pendle, St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle, Nelson and Colne College, Pendle Vale College (Paperback)

Chapters: Schools in Pendle, St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle, Nelson and Colne College, Pendle Vale College, Marsden Heights Community College, West Craven High Technology College, Seedhill Cricket Ground. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle - A chapel of ease was on the site of the present church in 1250. A later chapel was dedicated by John Bird, Bishop of Chester, on 1 October 1544. It is not known when the tower was built, but it was restored in 1653, and again in 1712. The rest of the building dates from around 1740. In 1815 it was decided to raise to walls of the church to accommodate a gallery. This was built between 1816 and 1817 at a cost of 352. In 1830 the church bell was purchased. Restorations took place in 1850 and 1902. The church is built in hammer-dressed stone, with ashlar to the porch and a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with a north aisle, a chancel and a south porch. At the east end of the aisle is a Lady Chapel and to the east of this is the vicar's vestry. The choir vestry is at the west end of the aisle. The tower is in two stages with a string course between. In the second stage is a clock face with mullioned belfry windows above it. The summit is embattled. On the south and north front of the church are four windows with elliptical heads. At the east end is a Venetian window with a keystone. On the south front is blocked priest's door. On the south west corner of the nave roof is a sundial dated 1718. On the west face of the tower is a carving which resembles a filled-in window above which is a dripstone. This is said to resemble the all-seeing "Eye of God". In the porch is a memorial containing the names of the men from the parish who lost their lives ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18311425