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OS grid reference	SD 565,250
Location	Cuerden, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Saviour, Cuerden
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	28 July 1836
Consecrated	3 October 1837
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	27 February 1984
Architect(s)	Edmund Sharpe, T. H. Myres
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking	1836
Completed	1886
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slate roof with red ridge tiles
Administration
Parish	St Saviour, Bamber Bridge
Deanery	Leyland
Archdeaconry	Blackburn
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

St Saviour's Church is in the village of Cuerden, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built in 1836–37 to a Romanesque design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. It was one of Sharpe's first commissions and one of his early churches in Romanesque style. The plan for the church was signed on 9 May 1836 by Sharpe, its estimated cost being £1,360 (equivalent to £100,000 in 2021). The church was paid for mainly by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid on 28 July 1836 by Robert Townley Parker of Cuerdon Hall, who gave the land for the church. Townley Parker also gave £200 towards the cost of the church. As first built, it contained 450 seats. It was consecrated on 3 October 1837 by the Bishop of Chester. In 1886, the chancel and transepts were added in a similar style by Thomas Harrison Myres. The foundation stone for this extension was laid on 17 July 1886, and the church was re-consecrated on 10 February 1887 by the Bishop of Manchester.

Architecture

St Saviour's is constructed in local sandstone, with a Welsh slate roof and red ridge tiles. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with transepts, and a chancel with a semicircular apse. At the west end is a tower consisting of a two-stage square base, a two-stage octagonal drum and a spire. Internally is a gallery supported on cast iron columns, decorated with the Royal coat of arms. On the walls are monuments to the Townley Parker family. The font dates from the early 20th century and consists of an octagonal bowl supported by angels and a bronze cover with a figure of St John the Baptist. The two-manual organ was built in 1889 by Alexander Young.

Churchyards

The main churchyard contains the Commonwealth war graves of three British service personnel of World War I and two of World War II, and its churchyard extension three war graves of British soldiers of World War I.