OS grid reference SD 489,143 Denomination Anglican Status Parish church Parish Mawdesley | Country England Website St Peter Mawdesley Opened 1892 Phone +44 1704 822203 | |
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Location Church Lane, Mawdesley, Lancashire Address High street, Mawdesley, Lancashire, United Kingdom Architects Edmund Sharpe, Richard Knill Freeman Similar Holy Trinity Church - Hoghton, St James' Church - Brindle, Euxton Parish Church, St Mark's Church - Blackburn, St Paul's Church - Adlington | ||
St Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
St Peter's was designed in 1838, and built in 1839–40 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. Its estimated cost in 1839 was £950 (equivalent to £80,000 in 2015). The land was given by Sir Thomas D. Hesketh. When first built, the church had seating for 400 people. The chancel was added in 1878–79 by Peter Balmer, an architect from Ormskirk, and in 1892 the church was restored by Richard Knill Freeman.
Architecture
The church is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a chancel, and a slender west tower that is partly embraced by the nave. The westernmost bay of the nave on the north side is gabled and contains lancet windows; its counterpart on the south has an arched doorway. The other bays are separated by buttresses and each contains a tall square-headed two-light window. The east window has five lights and is in Perpendicular style. The tower has diagonal buttresses. Its first stage is tall and originally had open arches on each side; these have been filled in and incorporate windows and a west door. Above is a single-light louvred bell-opening on each face, then a stepped parapet with crocketted pinnacles. It is surmounted by a slender octagonal spire. Inside the church is a west gallery supported by two cast iron columns. The organ was built in about 1900 by Wilkinson and Son of Kendal. The church is similar in design to the nearby Church of St John the Baptist, Bretherton designed by Sharpe at about the same time.