Church Of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a parish church dating from 1871, designed by F W Hunt of London. It is constructed of red brick with red brick dressings and Welsh slate roofs, featuring raised and coped brick gables. The church has an integral western tower and comprises a nave, chancel under a continuous roof, side aisles, and side chapels.

The north-west front features three tall lancet windows linked by cills and impost bands, above two smaller lancets also linked by an impost band, and a circular window in the upper gable. The small square western corner tower is topped with a louvred wooden bellcote under a pyramidal slate roof with lucarnes and an iron finial. The north side incorporates a pointed arched doorway with a small circular window above, while the south side has a pair of lancet windows. The south-west front presents a gabled double doorway with a niche in the tympanum containing a carved pieta. Clerestory windows, six above each aisle, incorporate stone plate tracery. The chancel has four lancet aisle windows and two similar clerestory windows above. The north-east front mirrors the fenestration. The south-east front is blind, featuring a patterned inscription in blue brick, with a single-storey lean-to sacristy beyond and a pair of lancet windows.

Inside, the nave features three-bay arcades with pointed brick arches supported by circular stone columns with elaborately carved stone capitals. The chancel has similar single arches and is raised with a polished marble wall. A pulpit and steps separate the chancel from the nave, topped with a brass rail. A wooden rood is situated above, also adorned with carved figures. The chancel side walls are painted and stencilled, while the ritual east wall contains a pointed marble frame incorporating nine frescoes arranged as an ikonostase. The chancel roof is elaborately stencilled and contains a painted wooden altar and reredos by George Walton dating to circa 1910. Original wooden pews remain. Most windows contain good quality contemporary glass, some by Clayton & Bell. Minton tiles are also present. The church displays a high quality of internal painted decoration, characteristic of the Gothic Revival style.