St Wilfrid's Church, Standish

Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish is located in Greater Manchester
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Location in Greater Manchester
53°35′14″N 2°39′41″W / 53.5872°N 2.6614°W / 53.5872; -2.6614
OS grid referenceSD 563,103
LocationMarket Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Wilfrid, Standish
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated9 August 1966
Architect(s)Lawrence Shipway (?)
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic and Renaissance
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseBlackburn
ArchdeaconryBlackburn
DeaneryChorley
ParishStandish
Clergy
RectorAndrew Holliday
Assistant priest(s)Catherine Gabriel
Curate(s)Rebecca Feeney
Laity
Reader(s)Sheila Fisher (LLM)
Director of musicCarol Kwater ALCM ARCO LRAM
Organist(s)Andy Salisbury
Churchwarden(s)Andy Salisbury

The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "one of the most interesting churches in Lancashire".[2]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Wilfrid, Standish (1287160)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 August 2012
  2. ^ Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 590.

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