Nominal: 696 Hz Weight: 1917 lbs Diameter: 45.38" Bell 1 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 5434 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Pudsey: St Lawrence & St Paul
Diocese of Leeds
Church, 646481
http://www.pudseyparish.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: SE 220 330
The church is a simple essay in the Early English style with a plan which shows a certain archaeological awareness but features which are, on the contrary, reminiscent of the earlier Commissioners churches.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Cruciform, with aisleless nave, south porch, broad shallow transepts, tower and spire in the angle of the nave and north transept, and chancel with north and south vestries.
Footprint of Church buildings: 943 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was designed by the Leeds firm of Perkin and Backhouse; building began in 1863 and the completed church was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon (in whose diocese it then stood) on 25 January 1856. William Belton Perkin and Elisha Backhouse seem to have formed a partnership in about 1839, and the firm continued well in the present century under Perkin's son, Henry, and Bertram Bulmer whom he took into partnership. The firm was responsible for a large number of places of worship of several denominations, schools and banks, and the Borough Jail, Armley. The Commissioners for the Building of New Churches gave a grant of £200 from the second parliamentary allocation towards a total cost of £1,570. The parish had been formed from Calverley on 9 June 1846.
Exterior Description
The church is a simple essay in the Early English style with a plan which shows a certain archaeological awareness but features which are, on the contrary, reminiscent of the earlier Commissioners churches. Throughout the church the windows are lancets, set singly in the side walls of the nave where they are separated by slender buttresses. The west gable has a group of four within an arch and the east wall a group of three. In the north and south walls of the transepts there are two lancets separated by a central buttress. High in each gable is a trefoil or quatrefoil and the roofs are steeply pitched. The tower stands in the angle of the nave and north transept, making the view of the church from the north-west the most attractively varied. It is of three stages with a doorway (intended as the main entrance to the building but now disused) in the north face and a quatrefoil and then a single lancet above, with two lancets in the uppermost stage. The east and south faces are invisible and the west face is blind, with a projecting turret housing the stair. The stone broach spire rises directly from the walls without a parapet.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1887
The east window depicts The Ascension
Stained Glass
Early 20th Century
Three nave windows by Kayll of Leeds depict The Good Shepherd (c.1909), St. Peter (c.1922) and St. Paul (c.1907).
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church has plastered walls and plain reveals for the windows. The steeply pitched roofs have closely set rafters and arch-braced principals with struts above the collars. The diagonal intersection of arch braces at the crossing is characterful. The principals rest on plain stone corbels. The chancel arch and arches opening into the transepts are of equal dimensions, and there is a gallery in the south transept as well as across the west end of the nave; the former now carries the organ, which was originally placed in a chamber on the north side of the chancel, now used as a vestry. The floor is paved with red tiles in the alleys and there are timber platforms under the pews. The chancel is raised two steps above the level of the nave and there is a further step at the altar rails and a foot-pace. It is paved with red and black tiles.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
1947
The altar is of oak with a panelled traceried front incorporating the sacred monogram IHS.
Reredos
1906
The reredos is of 1906 by Kayll and Company of Leeds; it consists of five ceramic panels, four depicting The Four Evangelists and the middle one with rows of small roundels enclosing the initials of the people whom the reredos commemorates, from a distance forming a diapered background for the cross on the altar.
Pulpit
1856
The pulpit is set against the north-east pier of the crossing and is of deal, square with canted corners on a tall base of eight colonettes round a drum.
Font (object)
The font is probably of c.1856, a square stone bowl with canted corners and trefoils within recessed roundels on each face, on a moulded base with canted corners; the oak cover of 1966 has four buttresses rising to a finial.
Bells
Weight: 570 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 2 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35764 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 599 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 3 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35765 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 688 lbs Diameter: 31" Bell 4 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35766 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 818 lbs Diameter: 33" Bell 5 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35767 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 912 lbs Diameter: 35" Bell 6 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35768 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 1056 lbs Diameter: 37" Bell 7 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35769 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 1359 lbs Diameter: 40.5" Bell 8 of 8
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1957
Dove Bell ID: 35770 Tower ID: 11955 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 220 330
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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