Emmanuel Church, Preston

Emmanuel Church was built between 1869 and 1870 and was designed by Myres, Veevers and Myres. The land for the church was given by Thomas Tomlinson of London, and the foundation stone was laid on 18 August 1868 by Sir T. G. Fermor-Hesketh, the local Member of Parliament. The church cost about £6,000, and when first built could seat 1,000 people.

The church is built in red brick with some decoration in blue, black and white brick, and has sandstone dressings and slate roofs. It is in a mixture of Early English and Decorated architectural styles. The church consists of a five-bay nave without aisles, north and south transepts, and a chancel. Attached to the east sides of the transepts are vestries, each with an apse, and at the southwest corner is a tower. At the corners of the lower stages of the tower are angle buttresses, and the top stage has corner pilasters. In the lower stages are lancets and small circular windows, and in the top stage are paired bell openings. At the top of the tower is a carved band, corner gargoyles in the…