Church Of St Bartholomew

GREAT HARWOOD PARK LANE SD 73 SW 2/75 Church of St. Bartholomew 11.7.1966 II*

Church, early C16 with C15 tower and C19 chancel. Coursed rubble (graduated), stone slate roof. West tower, nave with aisles, chancel. Embattled Perpendicular tower of 4 short stages has diagonal (west) and angle (east) buttresses, full-height rectangular stair turret at south east corner, west window with hoodmould, a niche above this, 2-light belfry openings with hoodmoulds (clock faces inserted in those on west and south sides), and various slit-shaped openings. Five-bay nave and aisles both have stone mullion windows of 3 round-headed lights (north aisle extended along wall of tower); and low gabled porch to 1st bay of south aisle. Interior: arcade of octagonal columns with moulded caps carrying rounded chamfered arches (those adjoining chancel C19); high tower arch with moulded Perpendicular head, above which is the gable line of a smaller and steeper roof; ceiling carried on ex situ carved and cambered beams (nave was ceiled in 1774); 2-centred chancel arch, and 4-light east window in Perpendicular style; font dated 1662, with letters "IE"; one poppy head bench, probably C16 (now loose).

Listing NGR: SD7338732716