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]
Christ Church | |
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Thornton-le-Fylde Christ Church | |
53.8774°N 3.0218°W | |
Location | Meadows Avenue, Thornton, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Thornton-le-Fylde Christ Church |
History | |
Status | parish church |
Consecrated | 1836 |
Architecture | |
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 | |
Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Lancaster archdeaconry |
Deanery | Poulton |
Parish | Thornton-le-Fylde |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Damian Platt |
Curate(s) | Andrew Downes |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Judith Murphy |
Parish administrator | Sally & Ellen |
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] The (now non-functional) Pipe Organ is by Rushworth & Dreaper of Liverpool and was installed in 1950, 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 mishmash 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 1975 and designed by the artist Brian Clarke.[3]
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