Church in Lancashire, England
Christ Church is in the village ofGlasson ,Lancashire , England. It is an activeAnglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and thediocese of Blackburn . Itsbenefice is combined with those ofSt Michael, Cockerham , andSt Luke, Winmarleigh .[ 1] National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade IIlisted building .[ 2]
Christ Church was built in 1839–40 and designed by theLancaster architectEdmund Sharpe .[ 3] [ 4] consecrated on 29 June 1840 by theBishop of Chester . The originalchancel was "short" and "stubby", and had a triple steppedlancet east window.[ 5] vestry were added in 1931–32, and were designed by Sharpe's successorHenry Paley ofAustin and Paley .[ 6] [ 7]
The church is constructed insandstone rubble with aslate roof. Its plan consists of anave with a chancel at a lower level. The walls of the nave are divided bybuttresses into fourbays ; the westernmost bays have a single lancet window, while the other three bays contain triple stepped lancets. The chancel is divided into two bays with two-light windows. The east window is a triple stepped lancet. The west end contains an arched doorway flanked by lancet windows and with another lancet above, angle buttresses; on thegable is abellcote . Inside the church is a west gallery.[ 2] Shrigley and Hunt . The stained glass elsewhere dates from the 19th century; some of this was designed byCarl Almquist andE. H. Jewitt of Shrigley and Hunt.[ 8]
The churchyard contains thewar graves of two soldiers ofWorld War I , and a soldier ofWorld War II .[ 9]
Citations
^ Glasson, Christ Church Church of England , retrieved7 April 2012 ^a b Historic England ,"Christ Church, Glasson Dock (1071725)" ,National Heritage List for England , retrieved7 April 2012 ^ Hartwell & Pevsner 2009 , p. 304.^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 211.^ Hughes 2010 , pp. 134, 136.^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 253.^ Lancashire Churches: Glasson, Christ Church the original on 18 May 2010, retrieved2 April 2010 ^ Waters, William (2003).Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London ISBN 1862201404 . Retrieved18 July 2020 . ^ GLASSON (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved13 February 2013 Sources
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 Hughes, John M. (2010),Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster , John M. Hughes
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St Andrew, Accrington St James, Accrington Christ Church, Adlington St Paul, Adlington St Andrew, Ashton-on-Ribble St Leonard, Balderstone All Saints, Barnacre St Lawrence, Barton Holy Trinity, Blackburn Holy Trinity, Blackpool St John, Blackpool St Mary and St Michael, Bonds St Mary, Borwick St John, Bretherton St James, Briercliffe St James, Brindle All Saints with St John Baptist, Burnley St Andrew, Burnley St Mary, Burnley St Stephen, Burnley Capernwray Chapel Christ Church, Bacup Christ Church, Chatburn St Chad, Claughton St Andrew, Cleveleys St Paul, Constable Lee St Saviour, Cuerden St Cuthbert, Darwen St Mark, Dolphinholme St John, Ellel St Paul, Farington Immanuel, Feniscowles St Mary, Fleetwood St Peter, Fleetwood St Thomas, Garstang Christ Church, Glasson St Michael, Grimsargh St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton St Wilfrid, Halton-on-Lune St James, Haslingden All Saints, Higher Walton Holy Trinity, Hoghton St John the Divine, Holme Chapel Christ Church, Lancaster St Thomas, Lancaster St Peter, Leck St Paul, Longridge St Peter, Mawdesley St Mary's Church, Mellor Holy Trinity, Morecambe St John the Divine, Morecambe St Laurence, Morecambe St Paul, Nelson Immanuel, Oswaldtwistle St Leonard, Padiham Nazareth Unitarian, Padiham St John, Poulton-le-Fylde St Oswald, Preesall Carey Baptist Church, Preston City Church, Preston Emmanuel, Preston Fishergate Baptist Church, Preston Moor Park Methodist Church , PrestonPreston Central Methodist Church All Saints, Preston St Joseph, Preston St Luke, Preston St Mary, Preston St Paul, Preston St Thomas, Preston St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs Church, Preston St Peter, Quernmore St John, Rawtenstall St Anne, St Anne's-on-the-Sea St Thomas, St Anne's-on-the-Sea St Peter, Scorton St Paul, Scotforth St Anne, Singleton St Paul, Skelmersdale St Luke, Slyne with Hest Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham St Oswald, Warton St Michael, Weeton Christ Church, Wesham St Michael, Whitewell St Luke, Winmarleigh St John the Evangelist, Worsthorne St Nicholas, Wrea Green St James, Wrightington Bar St John the Evangelist, Yealand Conyers St Mary, Yealand Conyers
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