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Pleasington Priory
Church in Lancashire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church",[2] and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation".[1]
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Pleasington Priory | |
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Church of St Mary and St John Baptist | |
![]() Pleasington Priory from the southeast | |
53.7350°N 2.5429°W / 53.7350; -2.5429 | |
OS grid reference | SD 643,266 |
Location | Pleasington, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Catholic |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 24 November 1966 |
Architect(s) | John Palmer |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1816 |
Completed | 1819; 205 years ago (1819) |
Construction cost | £23,000 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Ashlar, slate roofs |
Administration | |
Diocese | Salford |
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