Country England Dedication Saint Mary Magdalene Opened 1941 Diocese Diocese of Blackburn Architect Richard Knill Freeman | Denomination Anglican Functional status Active Status Parish church Province Province of York | |
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Location Ribbleton Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire Website St Mary Magdalene, Ribbleton Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Church of St Thomas of Canter, Tulketh Hall, St Paul's Church - Preston, St Peter's Church - Preston, Church of St George the Martyr | ||
St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Ribbleton Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of The Church of the Ascension, Ribbleton.
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History
The church was built in 1888–91 to a design by R. Knill Freeman. Additions were made to it in about 1901 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, and again by the same architectural practice in 1938–41, with a new chancel, chapel, aisles and vestries.
Architecture
St Mary's is constructed in red sandstone with dressings in yellow sandstone. It contains features in Decorated style. Its plan includes short aisles, and transepts of two unequal bays. Along the aisles are parapets hiding the roof. There is a large rose windows in each transept. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "an odd building" that "was never finished".