Christ Church, Fulwood

Christ Church
Christ Church Location in Preston
53°46′38″N 2°42′12″W / 53.7772°N 2.7032°WCoordinates: 53°46′38″N 2°42′12″W / 53.7772°N 2.7032°W
Location	Fulwood, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	www.christchurchfulwood.org
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Myres and Veevers
Years built	1854–55
Specifications
Number of spires	1
Materials	Stone with polychromy in the dressings
Administration
Deanery	Preston
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn

Christ Church is in Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.^[1] The church was built in 1854–55 and designed by Myres and Veevers. It is constructed in stone with some polychromy in the dressings. The north steeple has a square porch at the base, and becomes octagonal as it rises. There are no aisles, and inside the church is a hammerbeam roof.^[2] In 1937 the Lancaster practice of Austin and Paley added a Chapel of Remembrance.^[3][4]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)

References

1. Christ Church, Fulwood, Church of England, retrieved 6 September 2012
2. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 537, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 255, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
4. Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 101, ISBN 1-86220-054-8