Three Decker, Church interior, Slaidburn

Three Decker, Church interior, Slaidburn
Three Decker, Church interior, Slaidburn
Three Decker, Church interior, Slaidburn
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Three Decker, Church interior, Slaidburn
Slaidburn
This photograph shows the three decker pulpit in St Andrews Church, Slaidburn. The church was built in the Gothic style and is an Angican church. It dates from 1450 but subjected to alterations in 18th Century.
The "three-deck" design of pulpit was introduced after the Reformation and very commonly established in Anglican Churches. The protestant form of worship focussed on the spoken word, in English rather than Latin, for all to understand. Therefore the pulpit assumed a new importance and was designed to be the centre of the congregation's attention. Preaching the Gospel was done from the top tier, reading of the Lessons was done from the middle tier with the bottom tier was reserved for the clerk who led the congregation's responses in prayer.
In the Victorian period, under the influence of several reform movements, especially perhaps the "Oxford Movement", there was a widespread desire to return to a more traditional "medieval" arrangement. New churches were built as if of ancient design and truly ancient Churches like Whalley returned to their original form.


Glass slide, positive
Monochrome
4.68 x 7.21
c1900
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