St Wilfrid's Church, Halton, Leeds

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St Wilfrid's Church, Halton was designed by Albert Randall Wells and built between 1937 and 1939. It is situated in the 1930s suburb of Halton in Leeds, England.

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The site on Halton Hill was given by Viscount Halifax and the building was paid for by Sir John Priestman. The foundation stone was laid on 6 November 1937. The church is Grade II* listed. [1] It bridges the gap between the Arts and Crafts style and modernism. It has Early English gothic inspired details, such as the triangular-headed windows. [2] The concrete vaulting within the interior in Nikolaus Pevsner's words "remind one of German Expressionism in recent church architecture rather than that of England". [3]

The church was built at a cost of £11,700. [1] It still has many of the original fittings designed by Wells as well as contemporary art by Eric Gill. [4] Congregational seating was made by Edward Gardiner [5] who, earlier, had a partnership with Ernest Gimson.

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Wilfrid (1256092)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. English Heritage Listed Buildings Online
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire the West Riding, 1959
  4. Halton St Wilfrid: Our history and architecture
  5. Griffith, David W.J. (1954). The Cotswold Tradition in a Contemporary Workshop. (Unpub. dissertation). Coopers Hill, Englefield Green, Surrey: Shoreditch Training College. p. 101.

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