| 词条 | St Matthew's Church, Little Lever |
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Greater Manchester| country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.5628|-2.3735|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} | osgraw = SD 754,074| denomination = Anglican | churchmanship = Anglo-Catholic| membership = | attendance = | website = St Matthew, Little Lever | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = Saint Matthew| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = Parish church| functional status = Active| heritage designation = Grade II| designated date = 9 May 2003| architect = E. G. Paley| architectural type = Church| style = Gothic Revival| groundbreaking = | completed date = 1865| construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area = | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings Slate roofs| parish = St. Matthew, Little Lever| deanery = Bolton| archdeaconry = Bolton| diocese = Manchester| province = York| rector = | vicar = Fr. John Wiseman| curate = | priest = | asstpriest = Fr. Ian Anthony| minister = | assistant = | honpriest = | chaplain = | reader = | organistdom = | director = | organist = | organscholar = | chapterclerk = | laychapter = | warden = Dennis Hodson, Kate Bridge| flowerguild = | musicgroup = | parishadmin = | serversguild = | logo = | logosize = }}St Matthew's Church is in the village of Little Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bolton, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.[1] St Matthew's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2] HistorySt Matthew's was built in 1865 to replace an earlier church built in 1791 on the other side of the street. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The tower was increased in height in 1924 as a memorial to the First World War.[3] ArchitectureExteriorThe church is constructed in coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, and a has slate roofs. Its architectural style is early Decorated. The plan consists of a nave, north and south transepts, a west porch, a chancel, a north vestry, and a tower at the southeast corner. The tower is in four stages, with a stair turret in its southeast corner. The bell openings have two lights and louvres. In the stair turret there are small lancet windows. At the summit of the tower is a plain parapet and corner pinnacles. Along the walls of the nave are two-light windows separated by buttresses. At the west end are large buttresses, a gabled porch, and a rose window. On the south wall of the chancel is a small three-light window, and on the north side, over the vestry, are two lancet windows. At the east end is a three-light window containing plate tracery. On the gable ends are finials.[2] InteriorIn the chancel is a stone reredos, with stone panels containing the Ten Commandments and the Creed on each side, and a double sedilia. The choir stalls, organ front and screen are elaborately carved. The chancel is floored with Minton tiles. At the west end is a gallery, under which is a glazed screen.[2] The pulpit and font are both "heavy stone tubs".[3] The three-manual organ was built in 1884 by Brindley and Foster, and enlarged by the same firm in 1911.[4] ChurchyardThe churchyard contains the war graves of five soldiers of the First World War, and two soldiers and two Royal Navy sailors of the Second World War.[5] See also{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
References1. ^{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/little-lever-st-matthew/| title = St. Matthew, Little Lever| accessdate = 6 June 2011| publisher = Church of England}} {{Buildings and structures in Bolton}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Little Lever, St Matthew's Church}}2. ^1 2 {{NHLE |num= 1391096|desc= Church of St Matthew, Bolton|accessdate= 9 July 2012|mode=cs2|ps=none}} 3. ^1 {{Citation | last =Hartwell | first =Clare | authorlink = | last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew | author2-link =| last3 = Pevsner | first3 = Nikolaus | author3-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2004 | location =New Haven and London | page = 248| url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-300-10583-5 }} 4. ^{{Citation | url = http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N00810| title = Lancashire (Manchester, Greater), Lever, Little, St. Matthew, Church Street (N00810)| accessdate = 6 June 2011| publisher = British Institute of Organ Studies}} 5. ^{{Citation | url = http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/40944/LITTLE%20LEVER%20(ST.%20MATTHEW)%20CHURCHYARD| title = Little Lever (St. Matthew) Churchyard| accessdate = 4 February 2013| publisher = Commonwealth War Graves Commission}} 9 : Church of England church buildings in Greater Manchester|Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Grade II listed churches in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Gothic Revival church buildings in England|Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester|Churches completed in 1864|19th-century Church of England church buildings|Churches completed in 1924|Church buildings by E. G. Paley |
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