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Description:
1964
Interior view of St Wilfrid's Church, designed by A. Randell Wells an exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. St Wilfrid's had its roots in a mission room at Halton increased rapidly in the 1920s, it was decided that a large church was needed for the community. A gift of £20,000 from Sir John Priestman in 1937 to the Ripon diocese funded the building of two new churches in Halton and Gipton. Lord Halifax donated the site at Halton. The building began in 1937 and the church was consecrated in 1939. It was of a then modern design in the Arts and Crafts movement simple style with a Gothic influence. The exterior is of stone with lancet windows. The interior walls are of concrete, which was whitewashed. Pine was mostly used for wooden fittings, the chairs were of ash with rush seats, the floors were rubberised to reduce noise. The font was an old one bought from Barton near Darlington, the organ was rescued from St Alban's Church, York Road, which had been closed. Artist Eric Gill was commissioned to produce a figure of St Wilfrid for the exterior.
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