Church Of St Bartholomew

The Church of St Bartholomew is a mid to late 19th-century Gothic revival church located in Scammonden. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and features a steeply pitched grey and purple slate roof. The building has coped gables with footstones and kneelers, as well as carved finials.

The church consists of a nave with a tower, chancel, and transepts. Between the chancel and the south transept stands a four-pier square bell tower, which has a crenellated parapet and a slated spire. A five-sided stair tower is positioned on the bell tower. The ashlar parapet is supported by brackets and includes gargoyles. The upper level of the tower features louvred openings for the belfry, which have pointed arches and hood moulds, along with paired colonnettas on the jambs. Other openings in the tower are adorned with false pointed and shouldered arches set in deep lintels.

On the south side of the church, there is a sundial dated 1813, which has likely been reset. The transepts are highlighted by pointed arched windows with geometrical bar tracery, consisting of three slender lights, three trefoil lights, and one six-foil light. A small light with a shouldered head is located at the apex of the south gable.

The south elevation of the nave features a porch with a pointed arched opening and a doorway with a semicircular heading in ashlar. There is also a two-light window with stained glass, shouldered heads, and a deep lintel with a semicircular relieving arch above it. The east gable contains a large pointed arched window with geometrical bar tracery, featuring four slender lights, one quatrefoil, and two trefoil openings. The west gable is distinguished by an eight-light rose window, three slender lights at ground level with pointed heads, and a blocked light in the gable apex with a shouldered head.