{{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox church | name = St Bartholomew's, Colne | full_name = | image = St Bartholomew's Church, Colne.jpg | image_size = | imagelink = | alt =

| caption = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Pendle | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | map_caption = Location in the Borough of Pendle

| coordinates = {{Coord|53.8572|-2.1703|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} | location = Church Street, Colne, Lancashire | country = England | denomination = Anglican | previous_denomination = | churchmanship = | website = {{URL|achurchnearyou.com/church/11522/}} | former_name = | founded = | founder = | dedication = | dedicated = | consecrated = | status = | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = Grade I | designated = {{start date|1988|01|29|df=yes}} | architect = | architectural_type = | style = | groundbreaking = | completed = | construction_cost = | capacity = | length = | width = | height = {{Convert|62|ft}} | materials = | parish = | deanery = Pendle | archdeaconry = Blackburn | diocese = Blackburn | province = York }} '''St Bartholomew's Church''' is in the town of Colne in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. There has been a church on the site since no later than the 12th&nbsp;century although the present building mostly dates from the 16th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade&nbsp;I listed building.<ref name=EH />

==History== A church has existed on the site from no later than the 12th&nbsp;century and was possibly founded by Robert de Lacy.<ref name=Clayton /> The present building mostly dates from the early 16th&nbsp;century although there are traces from the late 12th or early 13th&nbsp;century in the north arcade of the nave.<ref name=Farrer /> The building probably underwent significant restoration in the 16th&nbsp;century.<ref name=Farrer /> A font was donated to the church by Lawrence Towneley in 1590.<ref name=Hartwell /> In 1815, repairs were made to the north arcade by Thomas Taylor.<ref name=Farrer /><ref name=Hartwell /> The building underwent restoration by E.&nbsp;G.&nbsp;Paley in 1856–57,<ref>{{Harvnb|Price|1998|p=74}}</ref> and a further restoration in 1889–91 by Paley, Austin and Paley. In the latter restoration the north aisle was removed and replaced by a double aisle, an organ chamber and vestries were added, the church was reseated, and screens, choir stalls, a pulpit and an altar were added; this restoration cost nearly £7,000 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|7000|1891|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y|mode=cs2}}<ref>{{Harvnb|Price|1998|p=90}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|pp=136, 238.}}</ref> In 1988 the church was designated a Grade&nbsp;I listed building. The Grade&nbsp;I listing is for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".<ref name=ListedBuildings />

==Architecture== ===Exterior=== The church is constructed of wrought stone in the Perpendicular and Late Perpendicular styles.<ref name=Farrer /><ref name=Hartwell /> Its plan consists of a nave with a south and a double north aisle, a chancel, chapels to the north and south of the chancel, vestries, an organ chamber and a tower to the west. There is a porch to the south.<ref name=Hartwell /> The south windows are straight-headed with four arched lights; the clerestory has three-light windows.<ref name=EH /> The five-light east window has cinquefoil heads and rectilinear tracery.<ref name=Farrer /> The north aisle has two- and three-light windows.<ref name=EH />

The tower is {{Convert|62|ft}} high.<ref name=Farrer /> It has square buttresses of four stages at the western corners.<ref name=EH /> The three-light belfry windows are pointed and transomed, with tracery in their heads.<ref name=EH /> The tower parapet is crenellated with gargoyles below, to the north and south. The doorway to the tower has a pointed head.<ref name=Farrer />

The porch to the south has a niche in its gable, and a sundial in place of a finial. Its entrance has a pointed arch and chamfered orders. Inside there is a stone bench on either side of the entrance.<ref name=Farrer />

===Interior and fittings=== right|thumb|The 16th century baptismal font The nave measures {{Convert|55|ft}} by {{Convert|19|ft}}.<ref name=Farrer /> The north and south arcades have four bays; the north has round piers with moulded bases and capitals and the south has octagonal columns, also with moulded bases and capitals.<ref name=EH /><ref name=Farrer /> There is an inner and an outer aisle to the north, separated from each other by an arcade of four pointed arches and octagonal piers.<ref name=Farrer /> The font is octagonal with concave sides, each featuring a shield.<ref name=Farrer /><ref name=Hartwell /> The shields contain symbols of the Passion and the initials of Lawrence Towneley.<ref name=EH /> The pulpit is constructed of oak on a stone base.<ref name=Farrer />

The chancel measures {{Convert|42|ft|9|in}} by {{Convert|20|ft|9|in}}.<ref name=Farrer /> It has a narrow opening into the north aisle.<ref name=Hartwell /> Its arcades to the north and south have octagonal piers and three pointed arches of two chamfered orders.<ref name=Farrer /> The Banastre chapel to the north, and the Barnside chapel to the south, are both separated from the aisles by oak screens.<ref name=Farrer />

The tower has a ring of eight bells. Six of them date from 1814, cast by Thomas Mears of London. The remaining two were given to the church in 1900 by Thomas Hyde of Colne.<ref name=Farrer />

==Churchyard== The churchyard lies mostly to the south of the church. The oldest dated gravestone is from 1606.<ref name=Farrer /> There is a medieval stone cross to the south-east of the building. It consists of a square block topped with an octagonal shaft and an octagonal block. The cross has a Grade&nbsp;II listing.<ref name=EHCross />

==See also== {{portal|Lancashire}} *Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire *Grade I listed churches in Lancashire *Listed buildings in Colne *List of works by Thomas Taylor *List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley *List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley

==References== ;Citations {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Hartwell>Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 251–53</ref> <ref name=EH>{{NHLE |num= 1073414|desc= Church of St Bartholomew, Colne|access-date= 15 October 2013|mode=cs2}}</ref> <ref name=Clayton>Clayton (2007), pp. 121–27</ref> <ref name=Farrer>Farrer & Brownbill (1911), pp. 522–36</ref> <ref name=ListedBuildings>{{Citation|url=http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/listed-buildings/|title=Listed Buildings|year=2010|publisher=Historic England|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name=EHCross>{{NHLE |num= 1243158|desc= Cross in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Colne|access-date= 15 October 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}</ref> }}

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