Church in Lancashire, England
St Andrew's Church is in Blackpool Road,Ashton-on-Ribble ,Preston ,Lancashire , England. It is an activeAnglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and thediocese of Blackburn . The church is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designated Grade IIlisted building .[ 1]
The foundation stone of the church was laid on 20 August 1835, and the church was built in the 1836consecrated on 7 October 1836 by the Rt Revd John Bird Sumner ,bishop of Chester . At this time the church seated about 300 people.[ 2] Ewan Christian added a northaisle and converted thenave windows intoEarly English style. Avestry was added in 1902.[ 3]
St Andrew's Church is within theConservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England.
The church is constructed insandstone withslate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a wide north aisle, a north porch, achancel with an organ chamber to the north, a vestry to the east, and a small west tower. The tower is inRomanesque style, and the rest of the church is in Early English style. The tower is in three stages, withbuttresses , and a shortbroach spire . In the bottom stage are two round-headedlancet windows , with a similar but larger window in the middle stage. The bell openings arelouvred , and consist of triple round-headed lancets. Along the sides of the nave and the aisle are three two-light windows, and a three-light window in the eastern bay.[ 1]
Inside the church, the arcade is carried on cylindricalpiers of polished pinkgranite . In the chancel is asedilia . On the wall of the church are monuments to members of the Pedder family.[ 1] Hardman .[ 3] manual organ was built in 1902 byHenry Willis & Sons . It was overhauled in 1969 byJ. W. Walker , and again in 2001 by Wood ofHuddersfield .[ 4]
The churchyard contains thewar graves of aRoyal Air Force officer ofWorld War I , and anArmy Dental Corps officer andRoyal Army Medical Corps sergeant ofWorld War II .[ 5]
Douglas B Cochrane, A History of the Parish of St Andrew's Ashton-on-Ribble, ASAA ^a b c Historic England ,"Church of St Andrew, Preston (1207244)" ,National Heritage List for England , retrieved26 June 2018 ^ History of St Andrew's , retrieved26 June 2018 ^a b Hartwell, Clare;Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969],Lancashire: North , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London:Yale University Press , p. 549,ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9 ^ Lancashire, Preston--Ashton on Ribble, St. Andrew, Blackpool Road (N01834) British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved26 June 2018 ^ Ashton-on-Ribble (St Andrew) Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved12 February 2013
Grade I
St Michael, Aughton St Mary, Barnoldswick St Peter and St Paul, Bolton-by-Bowland St Michael, Bracewell St Helen, Churchtown St Bartholomew, Colne All Hallows, Great Mitton St John, Gressingham St Cuthbert, Halsall St Patrick, Heysham St Peter, Heysham St Margaret, Hornby Lancaster Priory Old St Leonard, Langho St Wilfrid, Melling Pleasington Priory St Walburge, Preston St Wilfrid, Ribchester St Michael, St Michael's on Wyre St Leonard, Samlesbury St Andrew, Slaidburn St Peter, Stonyhurst St Saviour, Stydd St John, Tunstall St Thomas, Upholland St Mary and All Saints, Whalley
Grade II*
St Michael and All Angels, Altcar St James, Altham St John, Arkholme St Michael and All Angels, Ashton-on-Ribble Blackburn Cathedral St Mark, Blackburn St Silas, Blackburn Sacred Heart, Blackpool Holy Trinity, Bolton-le-Sands St Paul, Brookhouse St John the Baptist, Broughton St Peter, Burnley St John the Baptist, Burscough St Bartholomew, Chipping St George, Chorley St James, Church St Laurence, Chorley St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe St John the Evangelist, Crawshawbooth St Peter, Darwen St Leonard, Downham Euxton Parish Church St Mary, Goosnargh St Bartholomew, Great Harwood St Michael, Kirkham Lancaster Cathedral St John, Lancaster St Andrew, Leyland St Cuthbert, Lytham St John, Lytham St Helen, Overton St Nicholas, Newchurch St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk St Cuthbert, Over Kellet St Mary, Penwortham St John, Pilling St Chad, Poulton-le-Fylde St George, Preston St John, Preston St Mark, Preston St Peter, Preston St Wilfrid, Preston Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Preston (former St Ignatius)St John, Silverdale St Mary, Tarleton St James, Tatham St Helen, Waddington St Leonard, Walton-le-Dale St Michael, Whittington St Anne, Woodplumpton
Grade II
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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