Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield

Christ Church is in Ince Green Lane, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is combined with that of St Catharine, Wigan.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield
Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield, from the northeast
Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield is located in Greater Manchester
Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield
Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield
Location in Greater Manchester
53.5386°N 2.6115°W / 53.5386; -2.6115
OS grid referenceSD 596 048
LocationInce Green Lane, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield,
Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChrist Church,
Ince-in-Makerfield
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated8 August 1966
Architect(s)E. G. Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1861
Completed1864
Specifications
MaterialsRock-faced stone, slate roofs
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseLiverpool
ArchdeaconryWarrington
DeaneryWigan
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Dot Gosling
Curate(s)Revd. James Taylor

History

The church was built between 1861 and 1864 to a design by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.[3] When originally planned in 1860 it had been intended to seat 700 people. This was amended the following year to a church seating 677 at an estimated cost of £5,000 (equivalent to £500,000 in 2021).[4][5]

Architecture

Christ Church is constructed in rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, north and south transepts, a chancel ending in a polygonal apse, north and south vestries, and a porch at the west end. To the east of the north transept is a turret. In the nave there are two-light windows containing plate tracery. Above the porch at the west end is a four-light window with Geometric tracery, and a small single-light window above it. The transepts contain wheel windows with plate tracery. The windows in the chancel have two lights with Geometrical tracery.[2] The stained glass in the west window, dating from 1893, is by F. Holt.[3]

See also

References
  1. Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield, Church of England, retrieved 4 June 2011
  2. Historic England, "Christ Church, Wigan (1228324)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 June 2012
  3. Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 210, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
  4. 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.
  5. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 220, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8

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