Church Of St Paul

SE03SE DENH0LME U. D. HALIFAX ROAD (east side)

4/3 Church of St. Paul

GV II

Church. 1846 by J. B. Chantrell in Early English style. Coursed gritstone with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. West tower, 7-bay nave with lean-to aisles, 3-bay chancel with later vestry on north side. The square, 3-stage west tower has set-back buttresses and a splay-footed stone spire with lucarnes, on a deep corbel table. Lancet openings to the tower including those of the bell-chamber. Small blind arcade at base of tower on west side, and doorway on south side. Small lancet windows to aisles, small paired lancets to clerestorey. larger lancets to chancel with triple group forming the east window. All have hood moulds and carved stops.

Interior: 7-bay arcade to north and south on quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals and arches. West gallery, on slender columns, with arcaded front. Vaulted roof with ribs and bosses, all in timber and plaster. Pews with doors. The chancel has been separated off to form ancillary accommodation and has lowered ceiling.

Listing NGR: SE0716933379