St Thomas' Church was an
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
parish church in
Blackburn,
Lancashire, England.
[GenUKI - St Thomas, Blackburn- Church of England]
Accessed 2014-06-03 The church was situated on the eastern side of Lambeth Street, between Billinge Street and Skiddaw Street. It was designed by the
Lancaster architect
E. G. Paley. The first plan had been prepared in 1859, but the church was not built until 1864–65. The first design was in brick, but the patron insisted on its being in stone. Originally the plan had been to seat 766 people, but this was later increased to 1,054. The church cost £4,469 (equivalent to £ in ). The church closed in 1977
and has since been demolished.
See also
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List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
References
Former Church of England church buildings
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire
Churches completed in 1864
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Church buildings by E. G. Paley
Thomas Church
Former churches in Lancashire
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