English Martyrs Church | |
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Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Preston | |
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53°46′09″N 2°42′15″W / 53.7692°N 2.7043°W | |
OS grid reference | SD5367730545 |
Location | Preston, Lancashire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | EnglishMartyrsPreston.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | January 22, 1865 |
Founder(s) | Bishop Alexander Goss |
Dedication | St Thomas Becket and the English Martyrs |
Dedicated | 1 December 1867 |
Consecrated | 14 September 1921 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 2 September 1985[1] |
Architect(s) | Edward Welby Pugin |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 26 May 1866 |
Completed | 9 February 1888 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 850 |
Length | 154 ft (47 m) |
Width | 92 ft (28 m) |
Height | 69 ft (21 m) |
Administration | |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Lancaster |
Deanery | Preston[2] |
English Martyrs Church or its full name The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Preston, Lancashire. It was designed by Edward Welby Pugin and is a shrine church of the Diocese of Lancaster. It is near to Preston city centre and stands on the corner of the A6, between Aqueduct Street and St George's Road.