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The church was built between 1901 and 1903 to a design by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, providing seating for 332 people. The initial estimated cost was £5,000, but it finally cost £7,000 (equivalent to £950,000 in 2023).[3][4]
Architecture and fittings
St Paul's is a low building standing at the top of a hill. It is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. The plan consists of a six-baynave, a south aisle, two south porches, a chancel, and a northeast vestry.[2] The planned central tower was never built.[5] The porch in the first bay of the aisle has a niche containing a statue above the doorway. The windows along the sides of the church have two, three or four lights containing Geometrictracery; some are arched, others have flat heads. The west window has four lights, and the east window has five; both contain Perpendicular tracery.[2]
The seven-bay arcade is carried on octagonal piers.[2] The pulpit is carved with images of the Four Evangelists. The font consists of an octagonal tub with no stem, and it has a tall carved cover.[5]
^Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 244, ISBN978-1-84802-049-8
