St Nicholas Church, St Helens

St Nicholas Church is in New Street, Sutton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Saint Helens, the Archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is combined with those of All Saints, Sutton, and St Michael and All Angels, Sutton.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

Not to be confused with St Nicholas Church, Sutton, London.
St Nicholas Church, St Helens
St Nicholas Church, St Helens is located in Merseyside
St Nicholas Church, St Helens
St Nicholas Church, St Helens
Location in Merseyside
53.4282°N 2.7211°W / 53.4282; -2.7211
OS grid referenceNZ 274,513
LocationNew Street, Sutton,
St Helens, Merseyside
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Nicholas, St Helens
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Nicholas
Consecrated4 June 1849
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated23 August 1985
Architect(s)Sharpe and Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1848
Completed1960s
Construction costOver £3,900
(equivalent to £430,000 in 2021)
Specifications
MaterialsStone, slate roofs
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseLiverpool
ArchdeaconryWarrington
DeanerySaint Helens
ParishSutton
Clergy
RectorRevd Louise and Revd Simon Moore

History

The church was built in 1847–49 and designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley. Its total cost was over £3,900 (equivalent to £430,000 in 2021),[3] to which King's College, Cambridge, patron of the church, contributed £1,270 in commemoration of the fourth centenary of its foundation. The church was consecrated on 4 June 1849 by Rt Revd John Graham, Bishop of Chester.[4] The tower was added in 1897 and the vestry in the 1960s.[5]

Architecture

St Nicholas is built in stone rubble with slate roofs.[2] It is in Geometric style.[4] The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a west tower, a three-bay chancel with a south organ loft, a north vestry, and a south porch. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a three-light west window, two-light louvred bell openings, and a stair turret. Around the summit is an embattled parapet. The chancel has gabled buttresses, and is surmounted by a parapet supported by corbels.[2] The stained glass in the east window dates from 1879; it was designed by Henry Holiday and depicts Faith, Hope and Charity.[5] Elsewhere is stained glass dating from the 1850s and 1890s.[2]

See also

References
  1. St Nicholas, Sutton, Church of England, retrieved 30 May 2012
  2. Historic England, "Church of St Nicholas, St Helens (1199239)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 May 2012
  3. 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
  4. Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 221
  5. Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 567–568, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
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