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Christ Church, Glasson, from the southeast
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Christ Church, Glasson
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| OS grid reference | SD 448 559 |
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| Location | Glasson, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Christ Church, Glasson |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 29 June 1840 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 2 May 1968 |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1839 |
| Completed | 1932 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Christ Church, Glasson |
| Deanery | Lancaster |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev M. B. Roberts |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Mrs E. Makinson Mr D. J. Stockdale |
| Parish administrator | Mrs M. Stockdale |
Christ Church, Glasson, is in the village of Glasson, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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Christ Church was built in 1839–40 and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.[3] It was consecrated on 29 June 1840 by the Bishop of Chester. The original chancel was "short" and "stubby", and had a triple stepped lancet east window.[4] The present chancel and the vestry were added in 1931–32 and designed by Sharpe's successors Austin and Paley. The space under the west gallery was enclosed in 1988 to form a separate room.[5]
The church is constructed in sandstone rubble with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a chancel at a lower level. The walls of the nave are divided by buttresses into four bays; the westernmost bays have a single lancet window, while the other three bays contain triple stepped lancets. The chancel is divided into two bays with two-light windows. The east window is a triple stepped lancet. The west end contains an arched doorway flanked by lancet windows and with another lancet above, angle buttresses; on the gable is a bellcote. Inside the church is a west gallery.[2] The east window contains stained glass dating from 1979 by Joseph Fisher of Shrigley and Hunt. The stained glass elsewhere dates from the 19th century; some of this may also be by designers from Shrigley and Hunt.[5]