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St Mary's, Fleetwood 
St Mary's Church from the north-westLocation in Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°55′22″N 3°00′38″W / 53.9227°N 3.0105°W OS grid reference SD 3373647872 Location Fleetwood, Lancashire Country England Denomination Roman Catholic Architecture Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 31 March 1978 Architect(s) E. W. Pugin Administration Diocese Lancaster Province Liverpool St Mary's is a Roman Catholic church in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Designed by E. W. Pugin, it was built 1867–68. It is an active church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.[1]
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History
The seaside town of Fleetwood was planned in the 1830s by local landowner Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood. St Mary's Church, designed by E. W. Pugin,[2] was built 1867–68 by T. A. Drummond of Fleetwood, costing £4,000.[1][3] This is equivalent to £258 thousand in present day terms.[4] The foundation stone was laid on 17 May 1866 by Alexander Goss, the Bishop of Liverpool.[3] In 1978 the church was designated a Grade II listed building.[1]
Architecture
St Mary's is constructed of rockfaced stone with ashlar dressings and has deeply pitched roofs of slate.[1] Its plan consists of a nave and chancel combined under one roof, low north and south aisles with lean-to roofs, and a polygonal apse. There is no tower.[2] The west wall has two large windows, each with three lancets; between the two is a niche containing a figure of Jesus Christ.[1][2] The windows in the aisles have large two-light lancets and cinquefoils. The clerestory windows above are quatrefoil oculi.[1]
See also
- Listed buildings in Fleetwood
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f "Roman Catholic Church of St Mary", Heritage Gateway (English Heritage), http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=184753&resourceID=5, retrieved 25 July 2010
- ^ a b c Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 292-93
- ^ a b Porter (1876), p. 248
- ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
Bibliography
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969]. Lancashire: North. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300126670.
- Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. OCLC 12931605.
Categories:- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Roman Catholic churches in Lancashire
- The Fylde
- Buildings and structures in Wyre
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