St Mary Magdalene's Church, Ribbleton
St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Ribbleton Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of The Church of the Ascension, Ribbleton.[1]
| St Mary Magdalene's Church, Ribbleton | |
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 St Mary Magdalene's Church, Ribbleton | |
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| 53°46′35″N 2°39′37″W / 53.7765°N 2.6603°W | |
| Location | Ribbleton Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Mary Magdalene, Ribbleton |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Mary Magdalene |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | R. Knill Freeman Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1888 |
| Completed | 1941 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
| Deanery | Preston |
| Parish | Ribbleton |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Rvd Linda Tomkinson |
History
editThe church was built in 1888–91 to a design by R. Knill Freeman.[2] Additions were made to it in about 1901 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley,[3] and again by the same architectural practice in 1938–41, with a new chancel, chapel, aisles and vestries.[4][5]
Architecture
editSt Mary's is constructed in red sandstone with dressings in yellow sandstone. It contains features in Decorated style. Its plan includes short aisles, and transepts of two unequal bays. Along the aisles are parapets hiding the roof. There is a large rose windows in each transept. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "an odd building" that "was never finished".[2]
See also
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References
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- ^ St Mary Magdalene, Ribbleton, Church of England, retrieved 1 April 2012
- ^ a b Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 545
- ^ Price (1998), p. 96.
- ^ Price (1998), p. 101.
- ^ Brandwood et al. (2012), p. 255.
- Bibliography
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, ISBN 1-86220-054-8