Country England Website St Leonard, Langho Functional status Active Status Parish church Province Province of York | Denomination Anglican Consecrated 1880 Opened 1880 Diocese Diocese of Blackburn Architect Sharpe, Paley and Austin | |
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Location Between Langho and Billington, Lancashire Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Swan Court Shopping, The Old Zoo, St Ambrose's Church, Hacking Hall, Clitheroe Library | ||
New St Leonard's Church is in Whalley New Road, between the villages of Langho and Billington in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
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History
The church was built in 1878–80 at a cost of £4,350 (equivalent to £410,000 in 2015). It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, and provided seating for 346 people. It was built to replace Old St Leonard's Church that was sited 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. After the old church was built, the population had grown and become more concentrated around the railway to the south of the old church. The old church is now redundant, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, although occasional services are still held.
Architecture
The plan of the church consists of a nave with a south aisle, and a chancel with a vestry to the north. At the west end is a slated bellcote. Under the east window is flushwork. Inside the church, between the nave and the aisle, is a four-bay arcade carried on clustered piers. The stained glass was made by Abbott and Company in 1935. The two-manual organ was built in 1882 by John Laycock of Keighley, and has since been overhauled by J. W. Walker.