St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle
| St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle |
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St Mary's Church, Newchurch in Pendle
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 St Mary's Church,
Newchurch in Pendle Location in the Borough of Pendle
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| 53°51′01″N 2°16′14″W / 53.8503°N 2.2705°WCoordinates: 53°51′01″N 2°16′14″W / 53.8503°N 2.2705°W | |
| Location | Newchurch in Pendle, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Mary's, Newchurch in Pendle |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 29 January 1988 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
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| Capacity | 150 |
| Materials | Hammer-dressed stone with ashlar to the porch. Slate roof |
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| Parish | Newchurch in Pendle |
| Deanery | Pendle |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd John Hallows |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Kathleen Wilkinson, Chris Widdas |
| Parish administrator | John Parsons |
St Mary's Church is in the village of Newchurch in Pendle, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the deanery of Pendle. Its benefice is combined with that of St Thomas', Barrowford.
A chapel of ease was on the site of the present church in 1250. A later chapel was dedicated by the Rt Revd 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 (equivalent to £23,000 in 2015). 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 southwest 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".
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