Church Of St Edward

BROTHERTON CHURCH STREET SE 42 NE (west side ) 3/7 Church of St Edward

11.12.67 II Church. 1842. By G R Pritchett & Son. Millstone grit ashlar with Welsh slate roof. West tower. 4-bay aisled nave and 2-bay chancel with aisle to nortn and single bay vestry to south. Gothic Revival style. Embattled 2-stage tower rises from nave. Diagonal buttresses with off-sets surmounted by pinnacles. 2-light bell-opening under hoodmoulds to each side. Nave: soutn side. South-doorway in embattled surround. Perpendicular windows under hoodmoulds throughout. East end: 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery under hoodmould. Interior: nave and chancel have octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. Double-chamfered tower arch and chancel arch. 2 galleries to nave. Wall monuments. In north chancel aisle: marble baroque sarcophagus surmounted by urn to Sir John Ramsden of Byrom (sic) died 1690; to Sarah Butler died 1670 with portrait bust; to Sir John Ramsden of Byram died 1839 by Walsh and Lee of Leeds; to John Charles Ramsden died 1830 by Walsh & Dunbar of Leeds; to Robert Ramsden died 1769 by M Taylor, York. North aisle: tablet to Bradwardine Tindall died 1686. West end: to Robert Carr died 1716. Glass to east window of north aisle by Warwick, 1858. Pevsner, N, Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, p 149.

Listing NGR: SE4821125729