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© Mr Peter Sargeant
IoE Number:
484959
Location:
CHURCH OF ST MARY, STANDISHGATE (east side)
WIGAN, WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER
Photographer:
Mr Peter Sargeant
Date Photographed:
28 April 2005
Date listed:
24 October 1951
Date of last amendment:
24 October 1951
Grade
II*
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WIGAN
SD50NE STANDISHGATE
24-1/2/75 (East side)
24/10/51 Church of St Mary
II*
Roman Catholic church. 1818; altered. Sandstone ashlar, with
sides and rear of coursed squared sandstone; slate roof.
Gothick style with Perpendicular features to the facade. PLAN:
rectangular plan set back from, and at right-angles to street,
with integral narthex, nave with north and south aisles, short
chancel.
EXTERIOR: a 2-storey 5-bay symmetrical facade, the centre
gabled and the outer bays (ends of aisles) lower; with
pilaster-buttresses modulated to tall diagonal crocketed
pinnacles and an embattled parapet with a bellcote at the apex
of the gable. The wide centre bay has a large 2-centred arched
5-light transomed window with surround chamfered in 3 orders,
ogee-headed lights on both levels, dense geometric
Perpendicular tracery in the head, and a hood-mould. The
flanking bays each have a Tudor-arched doorway with
double-chamfered surround, hollow spandrels and a hood-mould,
and a 2-centred arched 2-light window above. All these windows
have geometrical small-paned stained glass. Lower outer bays
have diagonal buttresses. The 5-bay side walls have tall
2-centred arched 3-light transomed windows with flush transoms
and mullions. The chancel has a 5-light window with eclectic
tracery.
INTERIOR: 5-bay aisle arcades of slender clustered wooden
columns and moulded 2-centred arches; galleries to 3 sides,
with Gothick traceried front panelling; closed trusses to a
shallow-pitched ceiling with moulded ribs and large foliated
bosses; glazed screen below west gallery, with Gothick tracery
and leaded glazing; curved stone staircases to gallery in both
front corners.
(Little B: Catholic Churches since 1623: London: 1966-; Watkin
D: The Buildings of Britain: Regency: London: 1982-).