St Laurence's Church, Morecambe

The church was built between 1876 and 1878, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. Its estimated cost was £8,600 (), and it was planned that it should accommodate 610 people. A northwest tower and spire were also planned, but never built. In 1882 an alabaster pulpit, designed by the same architects, was installed in the church, and in 1899 the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley, added stalls. The church was declared redundant on 1 July 1981, and on 16 February 2011 a deed was granted for its conversion for office or shopping use.

St Laurence's is constructed in sandstone rubble, and has red tile roofs. Its architectural style is Decorated. The plan consists of a nave and chancel, both with clerestories, north and south aisles, a south porch, a north porch that was intended to be the base for the tower that was never built, a south chapel, and a north vestry. The west front contains two three-light windows containing reticulated tracery. Along both sides, the four clerestory windows of the nave have two lights, and the two clerestory windows of the chancel have three lights. The chapel has two gables, each of which contains a flat-headed two-light window. The east window has five lights, beneath which are flushwork…