Lancaster Priory | |
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Priory Church of St Mary | |
54°03′03″N 2°48′21″W / 54.0507°N 2.8057°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 474,619 |
Location | Lancaster, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | High church/Liberal Anglo-Catholic |
Website | Lancaster Priory |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | St Mary |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 22 December 1953 |
Reference no. | 1195068 |
Architect(s) | Henry Sephton Paley and Austin Austin and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 600 |
Length | 145 feet (44 m) |
Number of spires | 1 |
Spire height | 96 feet (29 m) |
Materials | Sandstone Slate and lead roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
Deanery | Lancaster and Morecambe |
Parish | Lancaster St Mary with St John and St Anne |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Revd Leah Vasey-Saunders |
Assistant priest(s) | Revd Dr Louis Johnson |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Prof Richard G. Carter, Lois C Kirtley |
Director of music | Dr Rebekah Okpoti |
Organist(s) | Ian Pattinson |
Churchwarden(s) | Dave Russell, |
Lancaster Priory, formally the Priory Church of St Mary, is the Church of England parish church of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is located near Lancaster Castle and since 1953 has been designated a Grade I listed building.[1] It is in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is combined with that of St John and St Anne.[2]