Christ Church, Thornton
| Christ Church, Thornton | |
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  Christ Church, Thornton 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, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Christ Church, Thornton |
| 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 |
| Deanery | Poulton |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster archdeaconry |
| Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | vacant |
| Assistant priest | 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, 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 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-le-Fylde, 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
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