Church of St Wilfrid
Church of St Wilfrid, Market Place
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1287160
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Wilfrid, Market Place
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-08-27
- Reference:
- IOE01/15303/32
- Rights:
- © Mr John Riley. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1287160
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Wilfrid, Market Place
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Wilfrid, Market Place
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 56318 10265
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/07/2020
SD 51 SE
2/119
9.8.66
STANDISH-WITH-LANGTREE
MARKET PLACE (north east side)
Church of St Wilfrid
GV
I
Church. Probably 1582-84. Probably by L. Shipway. West tower 1867. East vestry 1913-14 by Austin and Paley. Stone. Single-vessel nave and chancel, aisles, north and south chapels, west tower, east vestry.
Five bay nave, three bay chancel, the sanctuary bay slightly narrower. Two bay chapels continuous with aisles. Nave and aisles have cornices and embattled parapets, pinnacles to nave, weathered buttresses and diagonal buttresses. Four-light windows with Perpendicular tracery, that to aisles cusped (possibly C19 restoration) others uncusped. South porch of two storeys has four-centred arch to entrance and-label mould raised over open book with biblical text, first floor three-light double-chamfered-mullioned window. Chancel arch marked by two octagonal stair turrets with ogival cupolas. Chancel has pinnacles to parapet and five-light east window. South chapel has entrance with Tudor head wide-boarded studded door and Standish crest over, dated 1878. North side has entrance with paired studded doors. Rainwater heads dated 1847, one to south chapel dated 1669. Tower has angle buttresses, three-light west window with reticulated tracery,cusped lancets over, octagonal bell stage has broached base with three-face clock, two-light traceried louvred bell openings, cornice, gargoyles and embattled parapet, spire. Vestry has embattled parapet and mullioned windows; central gablet over canted bay with central plaque.
Interior: nave and chancel arcades have pointed arches on Tuscan columns with plinths, believed to be the earliest use of the order in the country. Richly moulded roof beams, to all roofs, nave has tie beams with armorial bearings and date, that to north aisle has ovolo-moulded beams. Some plaques above arcades, one dated 1584, opposite initials of rector (Richard Moodie) on hood stop. Late C19 chancel and chapel screens. C17 communion rail, pulpit with richly carved panels dated 1616.
Chancel has altar table on eight twisted legs; two chest tombs, to north Richard Moodie, died 1586, re-using C14 effigy of monk; to south Edward Wrightington, died 1658, good effigy on tomb chest. Wall memorial to Edward Dicconson, died 1752, Catholic Bishop; Edward Chisnal died 1653, cartouche with trophies and books; Richard Watt, died 1796, by J. Bacon Jun, large with urn with profile, weeping women etc. South chapel has bench ends with Standish arms and crest, dated 1627. Font octagonal, tracery panels on clustered shafts, cover tiered balusters.
A rare example of a late C16 church.
Listing NGR: SD5631810265
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 403067
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 18:29:51.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.