Calvary Church

Calvary Church, originally a Methodist Church and Sunday School, was built between 1900 and 1901 by the architectural firm of George and Reginald Baines. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, and is designed in the Perpendicular style. The church comprises a five-bay nave, a lower chancel, transepts, a south-west tower, and a splayed west porch. The three-stage south-west tower features crenellated battlements with gargoyles, traceried windows, wooden shutters to the bellcote, and horizontal bands. The lowest stage has a lancet and arched entrance set in the corner. The west end has a large traceried window with trefoils and pinnacles. The splayed west porch has two arched entrances flanked by buttresses. The nave incorporates cinquefoil-headed lights, and the transepts have two large traceried windows incorporating a roundel with a quatrefoil above. The southeast gable features a circular window, and there is a north-east projection to the chancel with a lancet window, a crenellated parapet, and a pyramidal roof with a finial. A former Sunday School, matching the church in style and materials, is attached to the north-west. The Sunday School is two storeys high and has a gable on the right-hand side with a traceried window, an elaborate ogee-arched doorcase flanked by sidelights, and a projecting gable to the left with a triple trefoil window on the first floor and a four-light bay on the ground floor. Inside the church, the ceiling is arch-braced, supported by stone corbels featuring ornamental square grilles. There is a west gallery with a trefoil design, an elaborate carved wooden reredos incorporating cinquefoil motifs, a large fretted stone pulpit, curved wood and metal altar rails, original wooden pews, and stained glass to the windows and doors, which features unusual sunflower motifs. The former Sunday School has a similar arch-braced roof, stained glass with tulip or lily designs, and scrolled metalwork balcony. The staircase includes iron stick balusters and an elaborate column newel. A first-floor room contains an original cast iron fireplace with four thin pilasters and panels of floral designs.