Church Of St Augustine

Church of St Augustine is an Early English style church built between 1875 and 1878 by Henry Jarvis and Son. A further bay and porch were added to the north side in 1882-3, and vestries in 1907 by Hesketh & Stokes. The church is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and a pitched slate roof. The plan incorporates a lofty five-bay nave with clerestory, aisles, and a straight-ended three-bay chancel, all under a concrete vaulted undercroft. A north extension of one bay exists at the crossing. The west end features a large window with tiers of lancets and a rose window in the gable, with entrances below. Ground floor windows are double lancets, with five-light grouped lancets internally. The clerestory has plate-traceried windows with groups of three lancets, and two-light openings inside. Internally, richly moulded arches to the nave are supported by figure-eight shaped sandstone piers with carved leaf capitals; the clerestory windows are behind the arcade above a string course. The chancel is slightly higher, with stone ribs and brick panels. There are a north organ chamber and a south chapel. The church was established in a poor area by Richard Foster. An east tower was designed but never built.