Historic churches · North West England
Church of St. Walburge, Preston
Church of St. Walburge, Preston — church in Preston, UK.
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Church of St. Walburge, Preston is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1850. Designed by Joseph Hansom. Built in the Gothic Revival style. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Preston, UK". Coordinates: 53.7629°, -2.7150°.
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St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England. St Walburge's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building. In 2014 Michael Campbell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster, entrusted the church to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest as a shrine for Eucharistic Devotion.
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- Coordinates
- 53.7629, -2.7150
- County
- Lancashire
- District
- Preston
- Parish
- Preston, unparished area
- Postcode
- PR2 2QE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Preston
- Established
- 1850
- Official site
- icksp.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5117344 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Church of St Walburge, Preston (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Walburge's Church spire, Preston 231-10.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Church of St. Walburge, Preston?
- Church of St. Walburge, Preston is in North West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.7629°, -2.7150°.
- When was Church of St. Walburge, Preston built?
- Church of St. Walburge, Preston dates to 1850 — the Victorian period. It was designed by Joseph Hansom.
- Who designed Church of St. Walburge, Preston?
- Church of St. Walburge, Preston was designed by Joseph Hansom, in the Gothic Revival style.
- Is Church of St. Walburge, Preston a listed building?
- Church of St. Walburge, Preston carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.