Church Of Saint Columba

SJ 39 SE PINEHURST ROAD L4

4/906 Church of - Saint Columba

G.V. II

Church. 1932. B. A. Miller. Pale brick with stone dressings and green pantile roof. 4-bay nave with aisles, higher crossing with transepts and 2-bay chancel higher still with chapel to (ritual) south and vestry to north. Nave has stepped lancets at west end and paired clerestory lancets. Aisles have triple lancets and round headed entrances at west end with recessed tympana and plaques above. Crossing has paired lancets under stone tympana with carved figures. Flat-roofed transepts with canted angles and triple lancets. Chancel has 2 lancets to north and south with canted angles and tall stone cross motif at east end; hipped roof and north west bell cote with shaped gable. Interior, roughcast, round-arched arcade with no mouldings or capitals. Roof has tie beams and is painted with a zig- zag pattern. Chancel arch flanked by pulpit and reading desk. Tall curtain behind altar. Rood and font by Bainbridge Copnall. A nave altar in a similar style to the pulpit and reading desk is the principal additon to this intact and striking interior.

Listing NGR: SJ3695993424