Abbeys & priories · North West England
Pleasington Priory
Pleasington Priory — a Grade I-listed abbey in england-north-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Pleasington Priory is a Grade I-listed building in england-north-west, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church", and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation".
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The church was built between 1816 and 1819 as a thank offering by John Francis Butler at a cost of £23,000 (£|0}} as of ), the architect being John Palmer and the sculptor Thomas Owen.
Architecture
The ceiling is rib vaulted with carved bosses and there are four-bay arcades with dogtooth decoration. On each side of the altar is a carved relief, one showing the Beheading of St John, the other Mary Magdalene.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.7350, -2.5429
- District
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Parish
- Pleasington
- Postcode
- BB2 6RF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blackburn
- Established
- 1816
Sources
- wikidata: Q7204265 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pleasington Priory (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pleasington Priory?
- Pleasington Priory is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BB2 6RF), in the parish of Pleasington.
- Is Pleasington Priory a listed building?
- Pleasington Priory is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Pleasington Priory?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BB2 6RF. It sits within the Blackburn parliamentary constituency.