Church Of The Holy Trinity

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SD 61 SW 14/177

RIVINGTON HORROBIN LANE Rivington Church

(Formerly listed as Church of the Holy Trinity, previously listed as Rivington Church)

17.4.67

II Parish church. Probably 1666 rebuild of early C16 chapel, altered and restored in late C19. Irregularly coursed sandstone with large quoins, slate roof. Nave with south porch and north vestry, chancel. Small plain building with three square-headed three-light windows on each side, the lights on the south side round-headed and those on the north side square-headed, C19 gabled porch between the centre and western windows on the south side, modern vestry in equivalent position on north side. West gable wall has a wide elliptical-headed doorway, and an octagonal bell turret with square base partly corbelled out and a conical roof with tall weathervane. Chancel has a window of three round-headed lights in each side and a segmental-headed east window of five lights with a transom.

Interior: roof of four collar trusses with bracing to tie-beams and collars; oak screen with some parts late medieval; late C16 oak octagonal pulpit on a stem, with two linen-fold panels in each side; on north wall a genealogical painting copied in 1835 from a copy of 1821 of a C16 original relating to the Pilkington family (which was damaged by fire in 1834); C18 brass chandelier with fluted body and two tiers of arms.

History: chapel of ease built in late C15 rebuilt or restored by Richard Pilkington c.1540 (Pilkington family held Rivington as tenants-in-chief of Duchy of Lancaster, built Rivington Hall, q.v.)

Reference VCH Lancs V, pp.286-293.

Listing NGR: SD6249814442