Christ Church, Thornton
Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys | |
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Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys | |
Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys Location in the Borough of Wyre | |
Coordinates: 53°52′39″N 3°01′18″W / 53.8774°N 3.0218°W | |
Location | Meadows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys |
History | |
Consecrated | 1836 |
Architecture | |
Status | parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) |
Joseph T. Parkinson Austin, Paley and Austin Leach, Rhodes and Walker |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival, Modern |
Groundbreaking | 1835 |
Completed | 1963 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone |
Administration | |
Parish | Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys |
Deanery | Poulton |
Archdeaconry | Lancaster archdeaconry |
Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Damian Platt |
Assistant priest(s) | Keith Sillis |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Tom Pilkington, Phil Deegan |
Churchwarden(s) | Judith Murphy, David Grigg |
Parish administrator | Sally & Ellen |
Christ Church is in Meadows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.[1]
History
Christ Church has been the parish church of Thornton-Cleveleys since 1836.[2] The church was built originally in 1835–37 to a design by Joseph Parkinson.[3] The chancel was added in 1913–14 by the Lancaster architects Austin, Paley and Austin.[4] In 1963 Leach, Rhodes and Walker rebuilt the nave, added the tower and built parish rooms.[3]
Architecture
The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that the church and parish rooms have "a mismash of an exterior".[3] The church is constructed in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings. The architectural style is Free Perpendicular. Standing to the southwest of the church are single-storey parish rooms, from which rises a tower with an open bell stage and a saddleback roof. Inside the church is stained glass installed in 1974 and designed by Brian Clark.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys, retrieved 21 August 2012
- ↑ About us, Christ Church, Thornton, retrieved 21 August 2012
- 1 2 3 4 Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 666, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ↑ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 249, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8