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}} in ) | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = Sanctuary by | floor count = | floor area = | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = Brick, stone slate roof }} Becconsall Old Church is a redundant church in the village of Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It is situated on a lane leading to a boatyard on the River Douglas.〔 ==History== The church was built in 1764 on the site of a former chantry chapel,〔 which had been built in the 16th century as the private chapel of the Becconsall family. The present church cost £90 (equivalent to £}} in ),, £60 of which was subscribed by local farmers, and £30 by a levy on the parish. It is constructed in handmade bricks that were supplied by Sir Thomas Hesketh, the lord of the manor. A porch was added to the west end during the 20th century.〔 The church is dedicated to All Saints, but became redundant when a new church with the same dedication was built on a different site in 1926. After this, the old church was only used for funerals and for services on "Old Church Sunday". During the Second World War a bomb fell in the churchyard, damaging gravestones and causing minor damage to the exterior of the church, with shrapnel damage to the gravestones. By 1985 the church was in such a bad state of repair that it had to be closed. It was taken into the care of the charity the Churches Conservation Trust in the 1990s. The charity carried out repairs and the church was reopened in 1995 for the Old Church Sunday services to be resumed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Becconsall Old Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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