Christ Church, Thornton

Christ Church
Thornton-le-Fylde Christ Church
Christ Church is located in the Borough of Wyre
Christ Church
Christ Church
Location in the Borough of Wyre
53°52′39″N 3°01′18″W / 53.8774°N 3.0218°W / 53.8774; -3.0218
LocationMeadows Avenue, Thornton, Lancashire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteThornton-le-Fylde Christ Church
History
Statusparish church
Consecrated1836
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Joseph T. Parkinson
Austin, Paley and Austin
Leach, Rhodes and Walker
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival, Modern
Groundbreaking1835
Completed1963
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
ArchdeaconryLancaster archdeaconry
DeaneryPoulton
ParishThornton-le-Fylde
Clergy
Vicar(s)Damian Platt
Curate(s)Andrew Downes
Laity
Churchwarden(s)Judith Murphy
Parish administratorSally & Ellen

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]

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]

Christ Church
Christ Church
Christ Church

See also

References

  1. ^ Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys, retrieved 21 August 2012
  2. ^ About us, Christ Church, Thornton, archived from the original on 25 August 2012, retrieved 21 August 2012
  3. ^ a b c d Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 666, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  4. ^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 249, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8