Location Aughton, Lancashire Denomination Anglican Functional status Active Opened 1864 Diocese Diocese of Blackburn Architect Edward Graham Paley | Country England Website St Saviour, Aughton Architectural type Church Status Parish church Province Province of York | |
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Address Forest of Bowland AONB, Halton, Lancaster LA2 8LT, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Cockerham Priory, Escowbeck, Three Brothers - Lancashire, Aldcliffe Hall, Holy Trinity Church - Wray | ||
St Saviour's Church is an Anglican parish church to the north of the hamlet of Aughton, Lancashire, England.
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Ecclesiastical organisation
The church is within the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Wilfrid, Halton and St Luke, Slyne-with-Hest.
History
The church was built in 1864 and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. It cost £590 (equivalent of £50,000 in 2015), and provided seating for 100 people. In 1913–14 the successors in the Lancaster practice, Austin and Paley added a parclose screen.
Architecture
It is a small church with lancet windows, including a triple lancet at the east end. It has a bellcote at the west end, and a south porch.
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St Saviour's Church, Aughton Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA