St Anne's Church is an Anglican church in St Anne's-on-the-Sea, a town on

the Fylde The Fylde () is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills ...

coastal plain in

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, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the

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and the

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of Lancaster. It is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade II

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History and administration

St Anne's Church was built in 1872–73 as a chapel of ease to St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, and was one of the first buildings to be constructed in what would become St Anne's-on-the-Sea. The land for the church was donated by the local Clifton family. It was designed by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin at a cost of £4,229 (). St Anne's became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1877. The seaside resort that grew up around the church took its name from it. In 1885–1886 the church was enlarged by

Richard Knill Freeman Richard Knill Freeman (1840, Stepney, London – 24 June 1904) was a British architect who began his career at Derby and moved to Bolton, Lancashire in the late 1860s. His work, in Victorian Gothic style and typically recalling the Decorated ...

who added a

transept A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building wi ...

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and, to the north, an

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. A tower was added in 1890, and a

lady chapel A Lady chapel or lady chapel is a traditional British English, British term for a chapel dedicated to "Our Lady", Mary, mother of Jesus, particularly those inside a cathedral or other large church (building), church. The chapels are also known as ...

in 1909. In 1919 the successor in the Lancaster architectural practice, Henry Paley, added a baptistry, followed by repairs in and a memorial

in 1929–31. St Anne's was designated a Grade II

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on 15 February 1993. The Grade II designation—the third highest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". An active church in the

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, St Anne's is part of the

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, which is in the

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. It is in the

of Lancaster and the Deanery of Kirkham. Both the parish and benefice are called St Anne (Heyhouses).

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in a mixed

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of red brick in

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with

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dressings; the roof has red tiles. Its plan consists of a

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and

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under one roof, a west tower, north and south aisles, south

, a

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west of the tower and a memorial

to the north of the chancel. The tower is square and has two stages,

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es on the west side, and a stair turret It has a stepped

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with corner pinnacles.

Interior and furnishings

There is an organ chamber with an arch that has overlapping brick and basketwork. The lady chapel has a reredos in

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. Stained glass includes work by John Hayward, and by E. H. Jewitt of the Lancaster-based firm

Shrigley and Hunt Shrigley and Hunt was an English firm which produced stained-glass windows and art tiles. History The business began in the 1750s when Shrigley's was a painting, carving and gilding firm in Lancaster, Lancashire. In 1868, control of Shrigley' ...

Churchyard

St Annes Parish Church, Lychgate - geograph

The churchyard of St Anne's is triangular. There is a sandstone memorial to six members of the St Anne's ''Laura Janet'' lifeboat crew who died attempting to rescue the ''

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'' in the 1886

Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster The Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster, commonly known as the Mexico disaster, occurred on the evening of the 9th December 1886. In all, 27 lifeboat men lost their lives trying to save the crew of the German barque called the Mexico. 1 ...

. A memorial to more of the crew members that were lost is in the churchyard of St Cuthbert's in Lytham. The footballer and manager

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is buried in the churchyard. The churchyard is accessed by a rectangular Tudor-style

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, built of timber with a roof of red tile. The churchyard is enclosed by a red brick wall. Together, the lychgate and boundary wall have been given a Grade II designation from English Heritage.

References

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Annes on the Sea, Saint Anne's Church Anne's, St Anne's Church of England church buildings in Lancashire Diocese of Blackburn Grade II listed churches in Lancashire Lytham St Annes Paley and Austin buildings Churches completed in 1873 1877 establishments in England