Description

SD 51 NE CHORLEY BROOKE STREET

5/30 Church of the Sacred
Heart
-
- II

Church, 1894, by E. Kirby. Yellow rock-faced stone with red
sandstone dressings, slate roof. High nave with aisles and
polygonal apse, in Geometrical style. Principal feature of
interest is tall gable front (to Brooke Street) which has angle
buttresses terminating in short pinnacles, and a giant splayed
and moulded arch of red sandstone with 4 orders. This embraces
a gableted splayed portal with moulded arch within which are
coupled trefoil-headed doorways and a spherical triangle in the
head containing 3 trefoils; above this the wall is panelled,
with decorative coursing. The head of the arch is filled by
a rose window with a cusped centre, containing a cross,
surrounded by 8 quatrefoils. To 1st bay large gabled porches
with deep arch, spherical triangle with flowing tracery over.
Clerestory of arched windows with 2 trefoil lights and a cinquefoil
in the head and hoodmould, between pilaster strips. Interior:
arcade of polished columns with moulded octagonal caps and
2-centred arches; arch-braced roof; high east window breaking the
cornice.

Listing NGR: SD5904217190

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499235

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)