St Mark's Church, Blackburn | |
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St Mark's Church, Witton | |
53°44′38″N 2°30′30″W / 53.7439°N 2.5083°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 665,276 |
Location | Buncer Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St Mark, Witton |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1836 |
Founder(s) | Feilden family |
Dedication | St Mark |
Consecrated | 10 June 1838 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 19 April 1974 |
Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe E. G. Paley Paley and Austin |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Romanesque Revival |
Groundbreaking | 6 October 1836 |
Completed | 1887 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Blackburn with Darwen |
Parish | Christ the King |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | In vacancy |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Mrs Gillian Cook Mr Paul Blackledge |
St Mark's Church is in Buncer Lane, in the former parish of Witton, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. It was put up for sale in 2018.[1] Originally a separate parish, in 2005 it combined with the parish of St Luke with St Philip to form the Parish of Christ the King.[2] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[3]