Description

ST BRIDGET BECKERMET A595
NY 00 NW
(north side)
Calderbridge
3/65 Church of St Bridget
GV
II
Church. 1842. By E Sharpe. Ashlar with slate roof and tile ridge. Nave, west
tower, long transepts and short chancel with lean-to north vestry and south
organ loft. Coped gables with kneelers, corbelled eaves. Lancet windows.
3-bay nave has lancets alternating with slender buttresses. Tower has diagonal
buttresses; stopped triple lancets to north and west, lean-to porch with pointed
entrance to south, 2 louvred lancet bell openings, coped corbelled parapet and
pinnacles. Transepts have diagonal buttresses and stepped triple lancets, 2 to
west returns. Chancel has stepped triple lancets and diagonal buttresses. Long
lean-to bays have 2 stepped lancets each; jointed entrances. Interior has
braced tie beam and king post trusses. Tower arch has gallery. Candle sconces
to walls. East window by Holiday to thomas Irwin, the founder (died 1877).
Chancel north and south Commandment boards.

Listing NGR: NY0418106037

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge at Wikipedia
• St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge official website
• Wikidata Q7592718

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)