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St Mary the Virgin Church, Rufford, Lancashire.  The parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Rufford, Lancashire, was built in the Gothic style with a steeple, and is a Grade II Listed building. 
St Mary the Virgin Church main entrance. |
 A chapel was built in 1346 when Sir Robert Hesketh was licensed to build a chantry. The chapel was rebuilt in 1735. It was a plain brick building with a bell cupola.  A gallery and an organ were installed in 1829. The chapel was replaced in 1869 by the present church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, built of red brick and stone in the Gothic style.  The church, by Danson and Davies in Gothic Revival style, is in red brick with dressings and bands in sandstone and blue brick, and it has a slate roof with red ridge tiles. |
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The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a north chapel and a south vestry, and a northwest steeple. The steeple has a west doorway, a clock face on the west side, a set-back belfry stage, and a steep pyramidal spire. |
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A church has stood on this site for centuries but the foundation stone of the present building was laid in 1869 and the new church, built in the Gothic style, was re-consecrated in 1873. |
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 (Photographed Tuesday 7th November 2023) |
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