Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough (Grade II)

Geo: 52.7670, -1.2106
Date ListedMon 15th March, 1965
CategoryStatutory Listed Building
AddressEmmanuel Church Forest Road Loughborough LE11 3NW
GradeGrade II
Grid ReferenceSK5336419111
LBS189418
Volume, Map, Item261, 5, 47
ParishLoughborough
WardLoughborough Southfields
Conservation AreaEmmanuel Church
Description

Church; 1835-7 by Thomas Rickman, with one bay chancel extension and vestry added to south 1909. Derbyshire sandstone with slate roofs. Six bay nave, aisles, chancel, western tower. ?Decorated Gothic? style. Embattled parapet with pinnacles at either end. Nave clerestory. Tower has 3 light bell openings and traceried parapet with pinnacles. Interior has arcade carried on octagonal piers, western gallery carried on round cast iron columns and traceried brackets (galleries to north and south removed 1929). Square panelled ceilings with bosses. Monument to Richard Croslier by Thomas Brock, 1888, in form of lunette, showing corpse and mourners.

The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.

Statutory Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.