Church of the Good Shepherd, Wardlow, Derbyshire

A small wayside church was built onto the newly enlarged Church of England National School at Wardlow  opened on Friday, 20 September 1872. The school, itself only 32 feet by 14 feet, extended into a side chapel of 18 feet by 12 feet, used as a chancel until the completed church was dedicated to The Good Shepherd in June 1873. A doorway in the side chapel now opened into the nave, while folding doors in another wall could shut off the schoolroom if necessary.  Built in Perpendicular Gothic style to the design of Henry Cockbain of Middleton, the single aisle church contained 100 sittings. Stone arches stand out against the white north wall which it shares with the school; the smallest central arch still opens in to the side chapel but the larger ones have been filled in. Built onto the south wall is a stone pulpit, copied From an old existing example and reached by a stone turret staircase.