Abbeys & priories · North West England
Pleasington Priory
Pleasington Priory — a Grade I-listed abbey in england-north-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Pleasington Priory is a Grade I-listed building in england-north-west, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church", and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation".
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 53.7350, -2.5429
- Address
- Pleasington, Lancashire
Sources
- wikidata: Q7204265 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pleasington Priory (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pleasington Priory?
- Pleasington Priory is in North West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.7350°, -2.5429°.
- Is Pleasington Priory a listed building?
- Pleasington Priory carries the heritage designation "Grade I" — a protective status under UK heritage law.