Description

SE 22 NW SPENBOROUGH MB BRADFORD ROAD
BIRKENSHAW
2/82
Church of St Paul

II

Commissioners' Church in Lancet style. 1829-30 by Peter Atkinson Jnr.
Chancel added 1892. Roof reconstructed 1870 by Eli Milnes of Bradford.
Ashlar. Slate roof with ashlar parapet. Square west tower with
slender ribbed octagonal stone spire. Five bay nave marked by bold
buttresses. Short chancel. Tall nave windows are 2-light with
traceried heads, in deep moulded reveals. East window is 4-light
with geometrical tracery. Hood moulds have mask-like figure head
stops. Three-tier square tower with reducing angle buttresses.
Slender west lancet, above which is round clock surround in diamond.
Single light louvred bell chamber opening to each side. Crenellated
parapet on moulded corbel brackets. Doorway on south side of tower.

Chancel screen of carved oak, 1921, with shields with names of those
who fell in 1st World War and brass plate to those who fell in 2nd
World War. Organ to left. Lady Chapel to right. Formerly gallery
to rear. Exposed lattice-type roof truss with colonnettes.

Listing NGR: SE2033528260

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479549

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)