OS grid reference SD 73324 26699 Denomination Anglican Heritage designation Grade II Diocese Diocese of Blackburn | Country England Functional status Active Phone +44 1254 231038 Province Province of York | |
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Location Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire Address New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3QN, United Kingdom BB5, United Kingdom Status Church of England parish church Similar St Michael's Church - B, St Mark's Church - Blackburn, St Michael and All Angels C, St Mark's Church - Dolphinholme, St Luke's Church - Winmarleigh | ||
Immanuel Church is an Anglican church in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. It was built 1836–1837, designed by J. and T. Stones, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
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History and administration
Immanuel Church was built 1836–1837 to a design by J. and T. Stones. In 1866–1867 J. & J. M. Hay added a chancel, transepts, a chapel and an organ chamber. In 1911, St Mary's Church, Cocker Brook, St Andrew's Church, Hippings, and St Michael's Church, Belthorn were all chapels of ease to Immanuel.
Immanuel was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage on 9 March 1984. The Grade II listing—the lowest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". An active church in the Church of England, Immanuel is part of the diocese of Blackburn, which is in the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Blackburn, the Deanery of Accrington and the benefice of Oswaldtwistle Immanuel and All Saints.
Architecture
Immanuel Church is constructed in the Early English style of coursed stone, squared sandstone; the roofs are slate. The plan is cruciform with a nave, chancel, transepts, tower to the west and chapel to the south-east. The tower is of three stages with buttresses and lancet arches. The nave is also buttressed. There are lancet windows in the nave, chancel and transepts.
There is stained glass by Morris & Co. and Shrigley and Hunt.