Rivington Church is an active Anglican parish church in Rivington, Lancashire, England. A deed of 1280 mentions three acres of "terra ecclesiastical" in Rivington, while a Saxon font found in the locality and the arched windows on the south side suggest a pre-Conquest foundation. The church is a Grade II listed building, primarily rebuilt in 1666 with alterations and restoration in the late-19th century.
In 1861, a restoration involving the building of an inward-jutting porch and the installation of Minton tiles cost £500. The structure is built of irregularly coursed sandstone with a slate roof and a three-bay nave. The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war grave burials of British Army personnel, with stones dating as far back as 1616.
The church houses a late-medieval oak screen and a late 16th-century octagonal oak pulpit, both considered to predate the current building. A nearby bellhouse, the only such structure in Lancashire, houses a bell originally bought from All Saints' Church, Wigan, in 1542.
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