Tower of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. Church tower.
Tower of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-timber-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1966
- Type
- Church tower
- Address
- Tower of Church of St Bartholomew, School Street, Westhoughton
- OS grid reference
- SD 652 059
- Coordinates
- 53.54921, -2.52616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower of the Church of St Bartholomew is a detached structure built between 1869 and 1870 by architects Cunliffe and Freeman. It was repaired in 1991 and is constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. The tower features setback buttresses that end in gabled niches at the lower part. It has 2-light plate tracery windows on the south and east sides. A southeast stair turret clasps the corner and has a chamfered upper section that projects above the tower, resembling a pinnacle. The upper part of the tower includes two string courses. There are paired bell openings with 2 lights between clasping pilasters, a corbel table above the openings, a cornice, and an embattled parapet. The main part of the church, built in the 19th century, was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1990 and was rebuilt, with the new church being consecrated in 1995.
Local climate
Tower of Church of St Bartholomew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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