The Diocese of Lancaster was founded on 22 November 1924. It consists of the historic counties of Lancashire (north of the Ribble), Cumberland and Westmorland. It is a suffragan diocese in Province of Liverpool, and is subject to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Lancaster, and is dedicated to St Peter. 121 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2005).
A plain Gothic design, old-fashioned for its date. The significance lies more in the location, at the heart of the... Read More
A small church built in 1955 to serve a post-war housing estate.Small red brick building with slate roof. The blind... Read More
A plain building, part of a major programme of church building in post-war Blackpool. The church is of the same... Read More
A late work by the Pugin & Pugin practice, the east elevation to the road the most decorative.Work started on the... Read More
A large church in a stripped Romanesque style, with much bare wall, owing something to the Art Deco style of the... Read More
The earliest and the most architecturally ambitious Catholic church in Blackpool. Built by E. W. Pugin at the expense... Read More
A modest design, belonging to a major programme of church building initiated by Bishop Flynn in post-war... Read More
A handsome and richly furnished church serving Blackpool’s South Shore, by James O’Byrne, a leading Liverpool... Read More
The major contribution to a vigorous post-war church building programme in Blackpool and its environs. This is a... Read More
The first church to be built in the newly-created Diocese of Lancaster. St Kentigern is a building of some... Read More
An interesting drum-shaped design of the late 1960s.*Update: The church was closed in 2009 and subsequently... Read More
A functional post-war church, of some interest as a late building by Tom Mellor, with original commissioned... Read More
