St Joseph's Church, Preston

The church was built in 1873–74 and designed by J. O'Byrne. It was built in a district of the town containing cotton mills, and was dedicated to Saint Joseph, the patron saint of workers. The church cost £8,000 to build. In 1897 improvements were carried out, including some decoration and the installation of the Stations of the Cross, at a cost of £2,000.

The church has an "impressive hall-type interior". The arcades are carried on columns of polished pink granite, and the nave ceiling is barrel vaulted. The sanctuary and side chapels have mosaic floors. At the west end is a gallery with a wooden arcaded front. The reredos is elaborately carved. It has a central crocketed canopy with a spire, and side arcades with crocketed gablets. The reredos includes marble shafts, and in the side arcades are life-size statues. The marble pulpit is octagonal, contains statues in arched niches, and has a curved staircase. The stained glass in the east window is by Mayer of Munich. Elsewhere there is stained glass by Casolini of St Helens.