{"id":47950,"date":"2026-09-08T14:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47950"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:19:55","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-he-on-remarkable-church-with-unrivalled-collection-of-stained-glass-by-artist-harry-clarke-now-grade-ii-listed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47950","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: HE on \u2018Remarkable Church with Unrivalled Collection of Stained Glass by Artist Harry Clarke Now Grade II* Listed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-St_Oswald27s_church2C_Ashton-in-Makerfield_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47951\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5325670498084292;width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-St_Oswald27s_church2C_Ashton-in-Makerfield_1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-St_Oswald27s_church2C_Ashton-in-Makerfield_1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-St_Oswald27s_church2C_Ashton-in-Makerfield_1-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:St_Oswald%27s_church,_Ashton-in-Makerfield_1.jpg\">Phil Nash CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A remarkable church in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* listed status by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, reports Historic England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historic England writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Roman Catholic Church of St Oswald &amp; St Edmund Arrowsmith is considered one of the finest early-20th century churches in England. The upgrade is in recognition of its remarkable architectural and historic significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built between 1925-1930, the church is judged the masterwork of architect J Sydney Brocklesby and contains an unrivalled collection of stained glass by Harry Clarke, an artist whose influence on early modernist religious glass was profound\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/whats-new\/news\/listing-upgrade-for-church-with-windows-by-harry-clarke\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the list description of <a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/listing\/the-list\/list-entry\/1068462\">The Roman Catholic Church of St Oswald &amp; St Edmund Arrowsmith<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Phil Nash CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A remarkable church in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* listed status by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, reports Historic England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,29,683,984],"class_list":["post-47950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-heritage","tag-historic-england","tag-listed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47952,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47950\/revisions\/47952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}