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Preston England Temple 
Number 52 Dedication 7 June 1998 by
Gordon B. HinckleySite 15 acres (6.1 hectares) Floor area 69,630 sq ft (6,469 m2) Height 159 ft (48 m) Preceded by Vernal Utah Temple Followed by Monticello Utah Temple Official website • News & Images Additional Information Announcement 19 October 1992 Groundbreaking 12 June 1994 by
Gordon B. HinckleyOpen House 16 May – 30 May 1998 Designed by Church A&E Services Location Temple Way, Hartwood Green
Chorley
Lancashire
EnglandPhone number (44) 1257-226-100 Exterior finish Olympia white granite from Sardinia Temple design Modern, single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 with Movie, stationary sessions Sealing rooms 4 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full services Visitors' center No Coordinates: 53°40′20.91360″N 2°37′52.59″W / 53.672476°N 2.631275°W The Preston England Temple is the 52nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The LDS Church first took root in Preston, Lancashire when the first Mormon missionaries arrived in 1837. Because of its place in LDS Church history and the growth of membership in Preston, Church President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that the area would be the site for England's second temple (the first was in Surrey, near London). The Preston England Temple is located in the town of Chorley, 10 miles (16 km) south of Preston, in Lancashire. It is the centrepiece of a 15-acre (6 hectare) complex that includes a stake centre, a missionary training center, a family history facility, a distribution center, temple patron housing, temple missionary accommodations and a grounds building. The temple itself has a modern, single-spire design and an exterior finish of Olympia white granite from Sardinia. The white granite exterior and zinc roof have caused it to be described as reminiscent of England's old churches.[1]
President Hinckley dedicated the Preston England Temple on June 7, 1998. The Preston England Temple has four ordinance rooms and four sealing rooms, and is the largest Latter-day Saint temple in Europe, at 69,630 square feet (6,470 m²). The older London England Temple is smaller, at 46,174 square feet (4,290 m²) and is the second-largest temple in Europe, followed by Madrid at 45,800 square feet (4,250 m2). The temple serves Latter-day Saints from the Midlands and northern parts of England, the whole of Scotland, the Isle of Man and the island of Ireland.
See also
- Temple (Latter Day Saints)
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
References
- ^ "The First 100 Temples", by Chad Hawkins, 2001, p. 145
External links
Media related to Preston England Temple at Wikimedia Commons- Official LDS Preston England Temple page
- Official LDS UK Preston England Temple page
- Preston England Temple page
Latter-day Saint temples in Europe See also : Temples in other geographic regionsDenmark •= Operating •= Construction •= Announced •= Closed England Preston England Temple · London England Temple
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Germany Italy Rome Italy Temple (under construction)
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Categories:- Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe
- Religious buildings completed in 1998
- Buildings and structures in Chorley
- Religion in Lancashire
- Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom
- 20th-century Latter Day Saint temples
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