Church Of St Edward

The Church of St Edward is a Grade II listed building located on Church Street in Brotherton. Built in 1842 by G R Pritchett & Son, it is constructed from millstone grit ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. The church is designed in the Gothic Revival style and includes a west tower, a four-bay aisled nave, and a two-bay chancel with an aisle to the north and a single-bay vestry to the south.

The embattled two-stage tower rises from the nave and is supported by diagonal buttresses with offsets topped by pinnacles. Each side of the tower has a two-light bell-opening beneath hoodmoulds. On the south side of the nave, there is a south doorway set within an embattled surround, and the church features Perpendicular windows under hoodmoulds throughout. The east end of the church has a three-light window with Perpendicular tracery under a hoodmould.

Inside, the nave and chancel are supported by octagonal piers and feature double-chamfered arches, including a double-chamfered tower arch and chancel arch. There are two galleries in the nave and several wall monuments. Notable monuments in the north chancel aisle include a marble baroque sarcophagus topped by an urn for Sir John Ramsden of Byrom, who died in 1690, and a portrait bust for Sarah Butler, who died in 1670. Other monuments commemorate Sir John Ramsden of Byram, who died in 1839, John Charles Ramsden, who died in 1830, and Robert Ramsden, who died in 1769. In the north aisle, there is a tablet dedicated to Bradwardine Tindall, who died in 1686, and at the west end, a monument to Robert Carr, who died in 1716. The east window of the north aisle features stained glass by Warwick, created in 1858.