Grade I listed churches in Lancashire
Lancashire is a county in North West England. In 1974 parts of the historic county were divided between Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Cumbria, and part of the West Riding of Yorkshire was transferred into the county, creating the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire. Together with the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool it now forms the ceremonial county of Lancashire.[1][2][3]
Buildings in England are given
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, acting on the recommendation of English Heritage.[4] Listed status gives the structure national recognition and protection against alteration or demolition without authorisation. Grade I listed buildings are defined as being of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important"; only 2.5 per cent of listed buildings are included in this grade.[5] This is a complete list of Grade I listed churches and chapels in the ceremonial county of Lancashire as recorded in the National Heritage List for England
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Christian churches have existed in Lancashire since
St Walburge, Preston.[14] Most of the county is rural, but remnants of a greater industrial past remain in the larger towns of Preston and Blackburn, and in the former textile towns of east Lancashire.[15] Lancashire's bedrock is mainly sandstone, with limestone deposits in the north and in the area around Clitheroe, which provided the major building materials for the churches.[16]
Churches
Name | Location | Photograph | Notes |
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St Michael | Aughton 53°32′31″N 2°55′11″W / 53.5419°N 2.9198°W |
St Michael's dates largely from the 14th century, with remains from the 12th and 13th centuries, including a blocked | |
St Mary-le-Ghyll | Barnoldswick 53°55′42″N 2°09′52″W / 53.9282°N 2.1644°W |
The church dates from the 15th–16th century, with fabric remaining from the 13th century. The west tower is dated 1524. Inside is a set of box pews, most from the 17th century, and some from the 19th. There is also a complete 17th-century three-decker pulpit.[19][20] | |
St Peter and St Paul | Bolton-by-Bowland 53°56′25″N 2°19′36″W / 53.9402°N 2.3267°W |
This church dates from the 15th century; the Pudsay Chapel was added in the early 16th century. In 1885–86 the church was Paley and Austin, who replaced the roof of the nave. The parapets of the west tower and the body of the church are all embattled. In the arch between the chancel and the chapel is a memorial to Sir Ralph Pudsay, lord of the manor of Bolton, carved with the figures of himself, his three wives, and his 25 children.[21][22]
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St Michael | Bracewell 53°55′55″N 2°12′36″W / 53.9320°N 2.2101°W |
Although most of the church dates from the 15th or early 16th century there is earlier fabric, including a | |
St Helen | Churchtown 53°52′44″N 2°47′24″W / 53.8788°N 2.7900°W |
The oldest fabric dates from the 13th century, but most of the church is from the 15th and 16th centuries. It was re-roofed and the clerestory was added in 1811, and the church was restored in 1865–66. At the west end is an embattled tower, and on the south side of the church are a porch and a hearse house. Inside the church, the piscina dates from about 1300. There are wall paintings from the 15th and 17th centuries that were restored in 1986.[25][26] | |
St Bartholomew | Colne 53°51′26″N 2°10′13″W / 53.8572°N 2.1703°W |
The church dates mainly from the early 16th century, although the north | |
All Hallows | Great Mitton 53°50′46″N 2°26′02″W / 53.8462°N 2.4339°W |
All Hallows dates from the 13th century, with a west tower added in the early 15th century, and a north chapel in the late 16th century. Inside the church is a west gallery, and a chancel screen incorporating medieval woodwork. In the chancel are a triple sedilia and a piscina. The chapel contains monuments, some with effigies, to the members of the Shireburn family.[28] | |
St John the Evangelist | Gressingham 54°07′24″N 2°39′20″W / 54.1233°N 2.6556°W |
The church was partly rebuilt in 1734, and incorporates 12th-century fabric. It was | |
St Cuthbert | Halsall 53°35′07″N 2°57′08″W / 53.5854°N 2.9523°W |
The Paley and Austin. The steeple has a square base, an octagonal bell stage, and a spire containing lucarnes. Attached to the south of the tower are the remains of the former grammar school. Inside the church, some of the stalls have misericords, and poppyheads on their bench ends. There is 14th-century stained glass in two of the aisle windows.[12][30]
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St Patrick's Chapel | Heysham 54°02′51″N 2°54′10″W / 54.0475°N 2.9027°W |
This is a ruined chapel dating from the 8th or 9th century. Only the east wall and parts of the north and south walls have survived. It is a scheduled monument. Near the ruins are two groups of rock-cut graves with sockets for markers; each group of graves is listed separately from the church at Grade I.[7][31][32][33][34] | |
St Peter | Heysham 54°02′51″N 2°54′07″W / 54.0474°N 2.9019°W |
St Peter's was founded in the 8th or 9th century, and retains | |
St Margaret | Hornby 54°06′41″N 2°38′10″W / 54.1114°N 2.6362°W |
A church has been on the site since 1338, but the oldest part of the present church is the tower, built in 1514. The | |
Lancaster Priory | Lancaster 54°03′03″N 2°48′21″W / 54.0507°N 2.8057°W |
Most of the fabric dates from the late 14th and the 15th centuries and later, although there are earlier fragments. The west tower was added in 1753–74 by Henry Sephton. Alterations were made to the church in the 19th century. In 1903 canopied stalls dating from about 1340, containing misericords. Also in the church is a collection of Anglo-Saxon carved stones.[37][38]
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St Leonard (old) | Langho 53°49′06″N 2°27′20″W / 53.8182°N 2.4556°W |
St Leonard's was built in about 1557, a time when few new churches were being constructed; some of its fabric and fittings are thought to have come from nearby bellcote was added. The church is now redundant and its role has been taken over by a newer church on a different site. The older church is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[39][40][41]
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St Wilfrid | Melling 54°08′05″N 2°36′59″W / 54.1347°N 2.6165°W |
St Wilfrid's dates mainly from the 15th century, but has retained a window dating from about 1300, and a 14th-century southeast chapel. The church was altered in 1763, when the | |
Pleasington Priory | Pleasington 53°44′06″N 2°32′34″W / 53.7350°N 2.5429°W |
A Decorated and Perpendicular styles. At the west end is a large rose window, and at the east end is a polygonal apse.[13][44]
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St Walburge
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Preston 53°45′46″N 2°42′54″W / 53.7629°N 2.7150°W |
This is a Roman Catholic church designed by Joseph Hansom. Building started in 1850, and the church opened in 1854. The tower was built in about 1857, to which the spire was added in 1867. The apse, designed by S. J. Nicholl, was built in 1872. The body of the church is constructed in sandstone, and the steeple – one of the highest in England at 309 feet (94 m) – in limestone. In the west front is a large rose window.[14][45]
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St Wilfrid | Ribchester 53°48′37″N 2°32′00″W / 53.8103°N 2.5332°W |
The church dates from the 13th century, with later additions and alterations. It was restored in 1881, and again after a fire in 1917. The 15th-century west tower is embattled. Inside the church is a west gallery, carried on four Tuscan columns, and box pews, two of which bear the dates 1735 and 1761. In the chancel are a 14th-century piscina and sedilia, and a squint to the exterior of the church. The octagonal pulpit is dated 1636. The north chapel, known as the Dutton Quire, has a 14th or 15th-century wall painting depicting Saint Christopher, and in its east window are fragments of medieval glass.[46][47] | |
St Michael | St Michael's on Wyre 53°51′46″N 2°49′10″W / 53.8628°N 2.8195°W |
St Michael's dates mainly from the 15th century, although there is a blocked lancet window in the west end of the church probably from the 13th century. The broad west tower probably dates from 1549, and it is likely that it was raised in height in 1611. On the north side of the church is the Butler Chapel, founded in 1480 and restored in 1797 and 1936. The chapel contains 14th-century glass, and on the north wall of the chancel is a 14th-century wall painting depicting the Ascension.[48][49] | |
St Leonard the Less | Samlesbury 53°46′05″N 2°37′25″W / 53.7680°N 2.6237°W |
The church dates mainly from 1558, when it was rebuilt by the 3rd Earl of Derby, but there is remaining fabric from the late 12th century. The northwest tower and the timber-framed south porches were added in 1899. Inside the church are box pews with dates between 1678 and 1756, two levels of a three-decker 18th-century pulpit, and a set of armour that is believed to have belonged to Thomas Southworth of Samlesbury Hall.[50][51] | |
St Andrew | Slaidburn 53°57′51″N 2°26′36″W / 53.9642°N 2.4434°W |
St Andrew's dates probably from the early 15th century, with additions and alterations made later that century, and in the early 17th century. It is constructed in sandstone with a stone slate roof, and has a west tower. Inside the church is woodwork of good quality, including pews from the 17th and 18th centuries, a five-decker pulpit from the 18th century, and a rood screen possibly from the 1630s.[52] | |
St Saviour | Stydd 53°49′08″N 2°31′38″W / 53.8189°N 2.5273°W |
The church is the only survivor from a group of buildings acquired by the | |
St John the Baptist | Tunstall 54°09′35″N 2°35′32″W / 54.1597°N 2.5923°W |
The oldest fabric in the church is from the 13th century, but most dates from the 15th century. A vestry was added in 1907. The church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. It has north and south aisles, a west tower, and a two-storey south porch. Inside are a 13th-century piscina and sedilia, and a preserved Roman altar.[54][55] | |
St Thomas the Martyr
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The Upholland Priory founded in 1319. The west tower was added in the 15th century. In 1882–86 the chancel was added by Basil Champneys. On the north side of the chancel are steps leading down to a crypt that is used as a vestry. Inside the church is a churchwardens' pew dated 1679. The east window contains stained glass designed by Henry Holiday.[56][57]
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St Mary and All Saints | Whalley 53°49′16″N 2°24′28″W / 53.8212°N 2.4077°W |
The church dates from the 13th century, with alterations and the addition of the west tower in the 15th century. The south doorway is |
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