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Cleckheaton – St Paul

Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

A modest red brick church by J. H. Langtry-Langton in a simplified version of the Romanesque style.

The parish was established in 1946. The present church was built in 1952 from designs by the Langtry-Langton Partnership. The contractors were J. Crossland Ltd, of Cleckheaton. Later alterations were carried out by Walker Lilley & Associates.

Description

A modest church in a simplified Romanesque style. The building is rectangular on plan, with a pitched roof covered in pantiles. Across the west front is a flat-roofed forebuilding with a tall round-arched central entrance door flanked by pairs of small round-headed windows. The side walls are each of seven bays divided by brick pilaster strips. The second and sixth bays from the west have small flat-roofed transeptal projections, the remaining bays have pairs of round headed windows. Interior not inspected.

Heritage Details

Architect: J.H. Langtry-Langton

Original Date: 1952

Conservation Area: No

Listed Grade: Not Listed