St Mary's Church, Lower Ince

St Mary's Church is in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.[1]

Present church
Old St Mary's

Old church

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The previous church was built in 1887, and designed by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley. Two local industrialists donated £5,000 (equivalent to £700,000 in 2023)[2] each to its cost. The church was built in red brick, and was distinguished by having a bellcote at the east end by a tall, slender spirelet. It was also unusual in that it had narrow aisles, forming passages down the sides of the church. The church was built on a coalfield, and subsequently suffered damage from subsidence, which led to its demolition in 1978.[3] Pollard and Pevsner in the Buildings of England series describe it as having been a "grand" church.[4] Brandwood et al state that the practice designed a number of urban churches around this time, and they consider that this was the most important, with "real character and individuality".[5]

Present church

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The new church was converted from a school built in the 1870s. It contains some stained glass dating from about 1889 and from 1923, which was moved from the old church and re-set in the present church.[4]

See also

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References

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Citations

  1. ^ St Mary, Lower Ince, Church of England, retrieved 14 December 2012
  2. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), pp. 148, 236.
  4. ^ a b Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 210
  5. ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), p. 148.

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