St Paul's Church, Scotforth

St Paul's Church, Scotforth
St Paul's Church, Scotforth, from the northeast
St Paul's Church, Scotforth Location in Lancaster
54°02′01″N 2°47′44″W / 54.0336°N 2.7955°W / 54.0336; -2.7955
OS grid reference	SD 479,600
Location	Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	St Paul's, Scotforth
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	11 August 1874
Dedication	Saint Paul
Consecrated	18 February 1876
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	25 October 1985
Architect(s)	Edmund Sharpe Paley, Austin and Paley Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival
Completed	1891
Specifications
Capacity	350
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Blackburn
Archdeaconry	Lancaster and Morecambe
Deanery	Lancaster
Parish	St Paul, Scotforth
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Dr Rebecca Aechtner
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Jayne Weatherill Tony Walker

St Paul's Church is in Scotforth, a suburb of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and Morecambe, and the diocese of Blackburn.^[2] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as a "strange building" and "an anachronism, almost beyond belief".^[3]