Rivington Church
| Rivington Church | |
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 Rivington Church | |
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| Location | Rivington, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Founded | 1540 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II Listed building |
Rivington Church is located off Horrobin Lane, Rivington, Lancashire, England. The Church was founded in 1566 by royal patent of Queen Elizabeth I at the petition of James Pilkington first protestant Bishop of Durham. The patent was granted to create both the church and school at Rivington. Richard Pilkington, father of James Pilkington who later became Bishop, appealed to Doctor Bird, the Lord Bishop of Chester, to dedicate the Chapel and Chapelyard to God for holy and divine service, and the same was consecrated October 1541 by the said Lord Bishop. Records show the chapel of ease was much earlier as at the time of consecration as inhabitants stated on oath they had used this site for generations. The church we see today is primarily from the rebuilding in 1666 with alterations and restoration in the late nineteenth century, it is today known as the Church of the Holy Trinity. The Church is a grade II listed Parish church.
The building features irregularly coursed sandstone with large quoins, slate roof. The church features a Nave with a south porch and north vestry, chancel. The church is a small plain building with 3 square-headed 3-light windows on each side, the lights on the south side round-headed and those on the north side square-headed, nineteenth century gabled porch between the centre and western windows on the south side, modern vestry in equivalent position on north side. The West gable wall has a wide elliptical-headed doorway and an octagonal bell turret with square base partly corbelled out and a conical roof with tall weathervane. The Chancel has a window of 3 round-headed lights in each side and a segmental-headed east window of 5 lights.
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Pilkington Painting
The interior features a roof of 4 collar trusses with bracing to tie-beams and collars; oak screen with some parts late medieval and late sixteenth century oak octagonal pulpit on a stem, with 2 linen-fold panels in each side. On north wall a genealogical painting copied in 1835 from a copy of 1821 of a sixteenth century original relating to the Pilkington family. The original was damaged by fire in 1834. A further feature is a eighteenth century brass chandelier with fluted body and two tiers of arms.
References
- This page incorporates text taken from Rivington Church, Rivington, Lancashire
External links
- Rivington Church (Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project)