St Chad's Church, Claughton
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St Chad's Church is in the village of Claughton, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1071678|desc= Church of St Chad, Claughton|access-date= 27 March 2012|mode=cs2}}
History
The original church was built on the site in 1070,{{citation |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50880#s13|title= Clareborough – Claycoaton|access-date= 27 March 2012|editor1-last= Lewis|editor1-first= Samuel|work= A Topographical Dictionary of England |year=1848|series = British History Online |publisher= University of London & History of Parliament Trust |pages= 620–623}} and the recorded list of its rectors goes back to 1230.{{citation |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53303#s3|title= Claughton: Church|access-date= 27 March 2012|editor1-last= Farrer|editor1-first= William |editor2-last= Brownbill|editor2-first= J.|work= A History of the County of Lancaster |volume = 8|year=1914 |series = Victoria County History |publisher= University of London & History of Parliament Trust |pages= 210–217}} The present church was built on the same site in 1815. In 1869 Hubert Austin designed new tracery for the east window. It cost £270 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|270|1788|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y|mode=cs2}} which also paid for the stained glass that was designed by Henry Holiday, and made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=223.}} In 1904 Austin and Paley carried out work on the church, adding a north aisle, a porch, and buttresses, replacing the floor, removing the plaster ceiling, and providing new seating, a pulpit, and a lectern. This work cost about £900 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|900|1904|r=-3}}}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y|mode=cs2}}{{sfn|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=245}} The church was declared redundant on 1 December 2002,{{Citation | year = 2010| title = Diocese of Blackburn: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics| publisher = Church of England| page = 3| format = PDF | url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810334/blackburn%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| access-date =27 March 2012}} due to a decline in the size of the congregation and because of the need for repairs.{{Citation | url = https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Claughton_St_Chad,_Lancashire| title = Claughton St Chad, Lancashire| access-date = 27 March 2012| publisher = The Church of Jesus Christ of Letter-Day Saints}}
Architecture
St Chad's is constructed in sandstone rubble with a slate roof. It incorporates older fabric dating from about 1300 and from 1602. The plan consists of a nave and chancel in one cell, a north aisle, a north vestry, and a north porch. Along the side of the aisle are three two-light mullioned windows, with a single-light window in the angle with the vestry. On the south wall are three windows containing Perpendicular tracery. Between the nave and the chancel is a buttress. At the west end of the church is a single-light window with a trefoil head in the aisle, a buttress between the aisle and the nave and, in the nave wall, a carved panel containing the name W. Croft and the date 1602. The east window dates probably from about 1300 and has three lights with intersecting tracery and a pointed head. On the west gable is a double bellcote. One bell is said to be inscribed with the date 1296, making it the oldest bell in England. The other bell is dated 1727. Inside the church is a Perpendicular-style arcade dating from 1904, consisting of three semi-circular arches carried on round piers. The baluster font dates from the 18th or early 19th century.{{Harvnb|Hartwell|Pevsner|2009|p=230.}}
External features
In the churchyard to the south of the church is a medieval sandstone cross base with an empty socket. It is listed at Grade II.{{NHLE |num= 1071679|desc= Cross base south of Church of St Chad, Claughton|access-date= 27 March 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}
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- {{Citation | last = Brandwood| first = Geoff| last2 = Austin| first2 = Tim| last3 = Hughes| first3 = John| last4 = Price| first4 = James| year = 2012| title = The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin| publication-place = Swindon| publisher = English Heritage| isbn = 978-1-84802-049-8}}
- {{Citation | last =Hartwell| first =Clare| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: North | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | orig-year=1969 | location = New Haven and London| isbn = 978-0-300-12667-9}}
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Category:Grade II listed churches in Lancashire
Category:Churches completed in 1904
Category:Austin and Paley buildings
Category:English Gothic architecture in Lancashire
Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire