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 post-Vatican II church by a significant post-war church building practice, notable above all for its high quality... Read More
Post-Vatican II church, not of special architectural or historic interest.Consecrated in 1979. Low single storey... Read More
The earliest Catholic church in Morecambe, built to the designs of Pugin & Pugin. Church and presbytery make a good... Read More
Large brick and reinforced concrete church of the 1960s, rare in the diocese for reflecting contemporary trends in... Read More
A former Wesleyan chapel, forming part of an attractive townscape around the centre of Torrisholme.The late... Read More
A well-detailed early twentieth-century church in the Hansom/E.W. Pugin tradition but with some arts and crafts... Read More
A neat mid-nineteenth century Puginian Gothic town church, built at the expense of Fr George Haydock of Cottam and... Read More
A late nineteenth century red brick church by Sinnott & Powell, well grouped with adjoining contemporary presbytery... Read More
A small and plain post-Vatican II brick church.The church was consecrated on 12 January 1986. It is of red brick with... Read More
An early twentieth-century church by Pugin & Pugin, with fairly strong architectural character. It is little... Read More
An interesting modern Romanesque design by Reynolds & Scott, the interior perhaps impressing more than the... Read More
Post-Vatican II design, not of special architectural or historic interest. The parish was erected in 1964, and the... Read More
