Church Of Saint Anne

SJ 79 SE, 3/163

SALE, CHURCH ROAD, Church of Saint Anne

II

Church. 1854 by William Hayley but much altered and enlarged in 1860, and in 1864 and 1887 by John Lowe; Baptistery 1960. Rock-faced stone, ashlar dressings and slate roof. Nave with aisles, north-west tower, west baptistery transepts: chancel with vestries and organ chamber. Projecting plinth, sill mould, coped parapet and gables with kneelers. Victorian Gothic. 4-bay aisles and nave which each have a pitched roof. Each bay has a 2 or 3-light window with curvilinear tracery and a weathered buttress. The semi-octagonal baptistery is of one storey and has crocketed pinnacles. 2-stage tower with diagonal buttresses with enriched gablets, 2-light belfry openings, enriched eaves band, castellated parapet, heavy corner pinnacles and a spire with lucarnes and weathercock. The transepts have a raked parapet, the north with a 3-light window under a crocketed ogee hoodmould. 2-bay chancel and l-bay sanctuary with 5-light east window and bold pinnacles. INTERIOR: double-chamfered nave arcade on twin thin cast iron columns (1854) with enriched capitals having a pierced cast iron valence. Arch-braced collar roof trusses with arcading. Quadripartite vault over crossing. Replacement organ in north transept. Carved timber pulpit, choir stalls and altar table. Stained glass and remnants of wall paintings.

Listing NGR: SJ7952491609