| Pleasington Priory | |
|---|---|
| Church of St Mary and St John Baptist | |
 Pleasington Priory from the southeast | |
  Pleasington Priory Location in Blackburn with Darwen | |
| 53°44′06″N 2°32′34″W / 53.7350°N 2.5429°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 643,266 |
| Location | Pleasington, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 24 November 1966 |
| Architect(s) | John Palmer |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1816 |
| Completed | 1819 |
| Construction cost | £23,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Ashlar, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Salford |
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church",[2] and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation".[1]
- ^ a b Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Pleasington (1072419)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 June 2012
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002) [1969], North Lancashire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 190–191, ISBN 0-300-09617-8