St John the Evangelist's Church, Turncroft

Drawing of the church from 1895

St John the Evangelist's Church was an Anglican parish church in Turncroft, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was paid for by a Mrs Graham, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.[1][2] The church cost £8,000 (equivalent to £990,000 in 2023).[3][4] It had a spire 146 feet 6 inches (45 m) high.[1] The church has since been closed and demolished.[1][2]

See also

  • iconLancashire portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 200–221, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  2. ^ a b Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 74, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ Over Darwen, GENUKI, retrieved 7 June 2012

External links

  • Photograph of the village street showing the church

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