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Christ Church, Over Wyresdale 
Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, from the southeastLocation in Lancashire
Christ Church, Over WyresdaleCoordinates: 53°59′02″N 2°41′10″W / 53.9839°N 2.6860°W OS grid reference SD 551 544 Location Abbeystead, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Christ Church,
Over WyresdaleArchitecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 2 May 1968 Architect(s) John Douglas (restoration) Architectural type Church Style Gothic Groundbreaking 1733 Completed 1894 Specifications Materials Sandstone rubble, slate roofs Administration Parish Over Wyresdale Deanery Lancaster and Morecambe Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Cindy Rigney Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, stands in an isolated position to the west of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Lancaster. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mark's, Dolphinholme and St Peter's, Quernmore.[2]
The church dates from 1733 and it was restored in 1894 by the Chester architect John Douglas who added a spire to the tower and built a new chancel.[3] It is built in sandstone rubble with slate roofs and consists of a west tower, a nave with a lower chancel, a south porch, and a north vestry.[1] The pulpit is dated 1684.[3]
See also
- List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas
References
- ^ a b "Christ Church, Over Wyresdale", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1071626, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/over-wyresdale-christ-church/, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002) [1969], North Lancashire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 186, ISBN 0-300-09617-8
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Categories:- 1733 architecture
- Religious buildings completed in 1894
- 19th-century Church of England church buildings
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- John Douglas buildings
- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Buildings and structures in Lancaster
- United Kingdom Anglican church stubs
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