St George's Church, Chorley

St George’s Church stands on St George’s Street in Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active Anglican parish church designed in the Early English style. The building is made of ashlar stone with a slate roof and has a west tower, nave, chancel, and aisles. The tower rises in four stages, with buttresses, pinnacles, and clock faces on three sides. The east window contains five stepped lancets, while the nave and aisles each have seven bays with paired lancets. The church is a Grade II* listed building and was constructed between 1822 and 1825 by Thomas Rickman. A grant of £12,387 from the Church Building Commission helped fund its building. Originally a chapel of ease to St Laurence, it became a separate parish in 1856. Later, three more parishes were created within its boundaries: St Peter, St James in 1879, and All Saints in the 1950s. The church’s interior features thin piers, cast iron galleries, and a flat ceiling with hammerbeams. Inside, the nave arcades rest on eight slender piers with cast iron galleries on three sides. The baptistry holds a white marble font carved with an angel holding a scalloped bowl. The octagonal pulpit was made by Thomas Rawcliffe of Chorley, and the eagle lectern honours the first vicar. Stained glass windows date from 1875 to 1920, including work by Stephen Adam. The three-manual organ was built around 1870, and the bells include an Ellacombe Chime installed in 1919.