Church of St Anne Over Haddon near Bakewell Derbyshire

 OVER HADDON - On Monday, the new Church of St. Anne, Over Haddon, near Bakewell, was consecrated. The church, which is in the Decorated Gothic style, has been built from the designs of Mr H. Cockbain, architect, of Middleton, near Manchester, and consists of a nave with south porch, a chancel with vestry on the north side, and baptistry, which projects from the western end of the nave, and is finished above with an open battlemented parapet. The walls are built of marble parpoints, and the chancel and porch walls are lined internally with wrought stone. The credence, sedilia, and piscina, the reredos and the font are all enriched by the use of Cornish serpentine shafts. The centre panel of the reredos has a white statuary marble cross on a rich red marble ground. The nave and porch floor are paved with Messrs Maw's tiles; the chancel and baptistry arc paved with marble mosaic, and the borders enriched with inlaid work. The general contractors are Messrs J. E. and A. Hill, Tideswell and Litton. The benches were supplied by Mr John Heywood, of Manchester: and the wrought‑iron entrance gates by Messrs Thomason, of Birmingham and Manchester. [Building News 30 July 1880 page 137]