Sacred Heart Church | |
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Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary [1] | |
![]() Sacred Heart Church, from Talbot Road | |
53°49′10″N 3°03′13″W / 53.8195°N 3.0537°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 3072636433 |
Location | Blackpool, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 20 October 1983 |
Architect(s) | E. W. Pugin |
Style | English Gothic |
Completed | 1857 |
Administration | |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Lancaster |
Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, on Talbot Road close to the town centre. It was the first Roman Catholic church built in Blackpool and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.
Sacred Heart Church was founded by the Jesuits as the town's first Roman Catholic church. [1] [2] It was built in 1857 to a design by Edward Welby Pugin. [3] The church was enlarged, to the east, in 1894, to a design by Pugin & Pugin. [2] It was designated as a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage on 20 October 1983. [4] [3] The Grade II* listing is for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". [5] Since 2004, it has been served by priests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. The parish priest is Canon Robert Dewhurst. [6]
The church is constructed of stone, with slate roofs, in the English Gothic style. [3] Its plan consists of a four- bay nave with an octagonal crossing, around which the aisles and transepts lie. [2] [3] The lead roof over the crossing is pyramidal and has an octagonal wooden lantern with side tracery. The lantern itself has a pyramidal roof of copper. [2] [3] The church tower is to the west; it has four stages with angled buttresses and corner pinnacles, and buttressed aisles with clerestories. [2] [3] There are three-light windows in the aisles and four-light windows in the nave transepts. Stained glass in the nave windows was designed by Frances Barnett of Leith. [2] The windows of the 1894 extension are larger than elsewhere and have reticulated tracery. The large east window has stained glass, possibly by William Wailes. [2]
The nave arcades are supported by clustered marble piers with foliated tops and moulded lancet arches. [2] [3] There is a two-bay gallery to the west. [2] The chancel is flanked by two lady chapels. The church fittings include a white marble octagonal pulpit that is carved and sits on red and black columns. [3]
There is a Neo- Georgian presbytery to the east of the building that was built c. 1950, and a former school to the west that dates from 1898. [2] The church has no graveyard. [7]
Sacred Heart Church | |
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Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary [1] | |
![]() Sacred Heart Church, from Talbot Road | |
53°49′10″N 3°03′13″W / 53.8195°N 3.0537°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 3072636433 |
Location | Blackpool, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 20 October 1983 |
Architect(s) | E. W. Pugin |
Style | English Gothic |
Completed | 1857 |
Administration | |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Lancaster |
Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, on Talbot Road close to the town centre. It was the first Roman Catholic church built in Blackpool and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.
Sacred Heart Church was founded by the Jesuits as the town's first Roman Catholic church. [1] [2] It was built in 1857 to a design by Edward Welby Pugin. [3] The church was enlarged, to the east, in 1894, to a design by Pugin & Pugin. [2] It was designated as a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage on 20 October 1983. [4] [3] The Grade II* listing is for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". [5] Since 2004, it has been served by priests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. The parish priest is Canon Robert Dewhurst. [6]
The church is constructed of stone, with slate roofs, in the English Gothic style. [3] Its plan consists of a four- bay nave with an octagonal crossing, around which the aisles and transepts lie. [2] [3] The lead roof over the crossing is pyramidal and has an octagonal wooden lantern with side tracery. The lantern itself has a pyramidal roof of copper. [2] [3] The church tower is to the west; it has four stages with angled buttresses and corner pinnacles, and buttressed aisles with clerestories. [2] [3] There are three-light windows in the aisles and four-light windows in the nave transepts. Stained glass in the nave windows was designed by Frances Barnett of Leith. [2] The windows of the 1894 extension are larger than elsewhere and have reticulated tracery. The large east window has stained glass, possibly by William Wailes. [2]
The nave arcades are supported by clustered marble piers with foliated tops and moulded lancet arches. [2] [3] There is a two-bay gallery to the west. [2] The chancel is flanked by two lady chapels. The church fittings include a white marble octagonal pulpit that is carved and sits on red and black columns. [3]
There is a Neo- Georgian presbytery to the east of the building that was built c. 1950, and a former school to the west that dates from 1898. [2] The church has no graveyard. [7]