Catholic Church of English Martyrs Bakewell, England
Listed Building Data
Catholic Church of English Martyrs has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1132645
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 5 December 1997
- Name
- CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ENGLISH MARTYRS
- Location
- CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ENGLISH MARTYRS, BUXTON ROAD
- Parish
- Bakewell
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 21692 68654
- Easting
- 421692.0000
- Northing
- 368654.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
BAKEWELL
SK2168 BUXTON ROAD 831-1/4/52 (North East side) Catholic Church of the English Martyrs
GV II
Church. 1849. Ashlar sandstone with rubble limestone to rear, slate roof. 1:4 bays; bay 1 projects and is gabled; single vessel raised over schoolroom. Orientated north-south (ritual orientation used in this description). EXTERIOR: gabled pilasters at angles and bay divisions; tall plinth with offset above pairs of lancet windows to the basement. Chamfered sill band to tall lancets which light the body of the church. Bay 1 gable has round-arched door; in plinth a lancet window and vesica. Pointed-arched door in right side approached by flight of steps with ashlar side wall and 2 lancet openings beneath. Eaves cornice, shaped kneelers and moulded gable copings; roll-finial to front gable. East end: taller buttresses flank a stepped 3-light window beneath louvred vesica. Centre part of gable raised as a parapet; carved apex finial. INTERIOR: west gallery; decorative queen-post trusses with Gothic Revival panels, arched braces with mouchettes and pendants. Originally built as the Congregational Church with schoolroom under.
Listing NGR: SK2169268654
