Church of St Paul

CHURCH OF ST PAUL, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1134683
Date first listed:
03-Jul-1985
List Entry Name:
Church of St Paul
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1134683
Date first listed:
03-Jul-1985
List Entry Name:
Church of St Paul
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Mirfield
National Grid Reference:
SE 20213 19698

Details

MIRFIELD UD HUDDERSFIELD ROAD SE 21 NW (Mirfield)

5/124 Church of St. Paul

II

Church, 1882, in Decorated style. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Pitched slate roofs with projecting rafters. 4-bay nave with separately pitched aisle to north and south. Lean-to south porch with entrance in west side. 3-bay chancel with chapel to north and south. 4-tier square tower, with saddleback roof, to 1st bay of north chancel chapel. Adjoining this is a square stair tower, also with saddleback roof. The main tower has small paired lancets to each stage except the bell chamber which has large 2-light moulded and cusped openings with colonnettes to reveals and as centre mullion. Aisle and chapel windows of 2 and 3 lights mainly with curvilinear tracery. Large 7-light east window to chancel with 3-light windows at basement level.

Interior: 7-bay arcade to north and south on polished grey-granite shafted columns with octagonal bases and moulded capitals. This arcading continues into the chancel dividing it from the chapels. The columns are paired at the junction with the chancel, and in the chancel have foliated capitals. Chancel steps extend the full width of the church. Reredos to chancel of carved stone with 2-bay blind arcade to each side.

Open-back oak pews with curved sides. Octagonal grey-marble font on grey-granite podium. Good, tall, very elaborate carved oak cover, suspended over, with crocketed pinnacles and spires and Decorated tracery. Organ under tower. Wagon roofs to nave and aisles. Wood vaulted chancel roof. Wooden blocks to floor of pewed areas.

Listing NGR: SE2021319698

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
340811
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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