Church of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a parish church dating from 1880, designed by H Cockbain of Middleton. It is constructed from rock-faced, coursed squared limestone with gritstone dressings, featuring a steeply pitched slate roof with a terracotta ridge and stone coped gables, incorporating moulded kneelers. A prominent ridge cross tops the east gables of the nave and chancel, while the west gable features an elaborate pinnacled bellcote with cusped nodding ogee arches to all four sides, adorned with crockets. Architectural detailing includes a plinth, a continuous moulded cill band, and a moulded eaves cornice with ballflowers to the chancel. The building comprises a projecting western bay, a nave, a lower chancel, a south porch, and a north vestry, all designed in a Decorated Gothic style.

The western bay has a large, pointed three-light window with cusped intersecting tracery and a moulded hood with carved stops. Above this window are pierced, castellated parapets topped with corner pinnacles. Diagonal buttresses flank the nave on either side of the western bay. The north elevation features three three-light, flat-headed windows, each with quatrefoils above the cusped lights, connected by a continuous hoodmould and separated by stepped buttresses. A north vestry is situated beyond, with a pointed two-light window facing north and external steps leading down to a cellar to the east. The east window is similar in style to the western window, but incorporates a central rose. A stone plaque, the inscription of which is illegible, is located below the corner buttresses.

The south elevation includes a 1980 slate sundial by David Kindersley to the east of the chancel. A pointed two-light window with cusped Y-tracery is located to the west. Two nave windows mirror those on the north side, with buttresses defining them. A porch, featuring a double chamfered pointed doorcase flanked by diagonal buttresses, is situated to the west.

Inside, a double chamfered pointed chancel arch rests on corbelled-out pilasters, while a moulded tower arch stands on nook shafts with a hoodmould above. The ceilings are 19th century, boarded with diagonal ribs. A cusped arcaded low screen, supported by polished marble columns, is present in the chancel, alongside a sedilia in a similar style. A mosaic altar back and late 19th century stained glass are found in the east window. The north vestry door has a Caernarvon head. The pews are 19th century and unadorned. An octagonal stone font is supported by four polished marble columns.