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Parish Church Of St Mary Magdalene


  • Address: Church St
  • Type: Church
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

St Mary Magdalene is a Gothic Revival Parish Church in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. The six-bay nave with a clerestory sanctuary is built of coursed rubble gritstone with freestone dressings and hammer-dressed buttresses and a slate roof with clay ridge tiles. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1122/00/00 An church is granted to the Priory of St John, Pontefract, in 1122.
1450/00/00 St Mary Magdalene's is built in the C15, tower and east end remain.
1829/00/00 Most of St Mary Magdalene is rebuilt by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson in 1828-1829.
1844/00/00 Tower heightened and spire added at St Mary Magdalene.
1881/00/00 Mary Magdalene is restored by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.
1898/00/00 Church is restored and the Nave clerestory and new roof are added by Frederick Robinson.

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Particulars for Parish Church Of St Mary Magdalene:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Architectural Style Gothic
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Era Medieval Europe
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property

Data
English National Heritage List: 1362179


History »

An earlier church was granted to the Priory of St John, Pontefract, in 1122. The principal surviving element is the west tower. The east end of the chancel, including a piscina, is also C14-C15. The remainder was rebuilt by Thomas Rickman (1776-1841). Rickman entered the architectural profession in Liverpool, and made his name in 1817 when he published the influential `An Attempt to discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England'. His many churches are characterised by a combination of credible Gothic design and Georgian planning. He was in partnership with Henry Hutchinson (1800-31), with whom he designed his best-known secular work, the New Court with its Bridge of Sighs, at New College, Cambridge (1826-31). Clitheroe is typical of Rickman's work, and the style of the 1820s, in having a nave with aisles, but also galleries and short chancel: this considerablyenlarged the capacity of the church, in keeping with the town's expansion. An octagonal stage was added to the tower, with a spire, in 1844. The architect is not known but `Mr Sutcliffe' is mentioned as a sculptor. The church was restored in 1898 when the nave clerestorey was added by Frederick Robinson (1833-92), architect of Derby, and new seating was installed. The south-aisle roof and gallery were partially reconstructed after a fire in 1979. - Historic England


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