Church Of The Holy Ascension

The Church of the Holy Ascension, built between 1852 and 1854 by James Harrison, features transepts added in 1958 and 1967 by A C Bennett. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has a red tile roof. The church has a five-bay nave and two-bay chancels that are hidden by the transepts, along with three-stage towers and a spire, as well as a south porch. The porch has a gabled roof and a hood mould over the entrance. The nave windows are composed of two lights with quatrefoil tracery, while the tall coped transepts contain pairs of three-light windows with intersecting tracery. The east window features three lights with quatrefoils. The tower includes a plinth, diagonal buttresses, bands at each floor, and a solid parapet, with two-light louvred windows in the top stage. The stone spire has two bands and simple slight lucarnes. Inside, the nave boasts arch-braced roof trusses supported by carved head corbels, a chamfered four-centred chancel arch, and a chancel with a wagon roof. There are pairs of depressed four-centred arches leading to the added transepts. Stained glass windows by Kempe were installed between 1870 and 1880. An iron plaque inside the porch commemorates a grant of seats by the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels in England and Wales.