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 fine example of pre-ecclesiological Gothic Revival architecture by a locally-renowned architect, making a notable... Read More
A large church in early Christian style, solidly built of vernacular materials. Work started in the 1920s and was... Read More
The building became a Catholic church only in the late 1960s, having started life in the 1860s as a Nonconformist... Read More
The church is a local landmark, designed by A.W.N. Pugin, leading architect and advocate of the Gothic Revival in... Read More
A modest early twentieth-century church with later additions and some internal furnishings of note.The... Read More
An attractive stone built post-war church, built in a low-key but unmistakably modern style shortly before Vatican II.... Read More
A major building by Peter Paul Pugin, erected out of the munificence of Miss Margaret Coulston. Externally a local... Read More
A functional interwar design, intended for use as a school hall.The church/hall was blessed and opened by Thomas... Read More
One of several chapel-type churches built in the villages around Preston in the wake of the Relief Act 1791. A simple... Read More
A plain Gothic brick box, late Georgian in style, the significance of which lies perhaps above all in its townscape... Read More
A plain Gothic mission church of the 1840s built by the Benedictines. The interior has been modernised and retains... Read More
An economical Gothic design, built by the subscriptions of Irish iron workers.The present character and appearance of... Read More
