- Christ Church, Wesham
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Christ Church 
Location in Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°47′25″N 2°53′08″W / 53.7903°N 2.8855°W OS grid reference SD 41762 33024 Location Wesham, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 11 June 1986 Architect(s) Austin, Paley and Austin
Austin and PaleyAdministration Deanery Kirkham Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Julie Jones Laity Organist(s) Mr E Lang Churchwarden(s) Mrs C Norcross, Dr B Lang Christ Church is an Anglican church in Wesham, a small town in the English county of Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It was built 1893–94 by Paley, Austin and Paley. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
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History and administration
The nave of Christ Church was built 1893–94 to a design by Lancaster-based architecture firm Paley, Austin and Paley. The same firm, by then known as Austin and Paley, completed the building in 1927, adding a chancel and a steeple.[1]
The church was used as a chapel-of-ease to Kirkham until 1913, when it was made a separate parish. The foundation stone was laid on 30 June 30 1892, by the Lady E. C. Clifton, and the church was consecrated by Bishop Moorhouse on 27 September 1894. The cost of the building was £3,350. The church was seated with open pine benches to accommodate 440 persons.[2]
On 11 June 1986, Christ Church was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.[1] The Grade II designation—the third highest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[3] An active church in the Church of England, Christ Church is part of the diocese of Blackburn, which is in the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Deanery of Kirkham. It forms a benefice with Christ Church, Treales.[4]
Architecture
Christ Church is in the Decorated Perpendicular style and is constructed of red brick with dressings in red terracotta.[5] The roof is red tile. The church plan consists of a nave and chancel under one roof, with a steeple to the south-west.[1] The tower is of three stages and has a stepped sandstone parapet; the steeple is clad in green slate.[1][5]
The nave has six bays and internally there are stone piers.[5] The chancel has a large east window with mouchette tracery.[1]
See also
- List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e "Christ Church", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1072028, retrieved 3 October 2011
- ^ "Kirkham in 1934" at amounderness.co.uk
- ^ "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/, retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ "Church Details: Wesham Christ Church", blackburn.anglican.org (Diocese of Blackburn), http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/parish.asp?theid=98253, retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ a b c Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 684–85
- Bibliography
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300126670
External links
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Fylde (borough)
- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Paley, Austin and Paley buildings
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