St Silas' Church, Blackburn | |
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53°45′06″N 2°30′27″W / 53.7516°N 2.5074°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 667,285 |
Location | Blackburn, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St Silas, Blackburn |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Saint Silas |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 19 April 1974 |
Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1894 |
Completed | 1914 |
Specifications | |
Spire height | 104 feet (32 m) (tower) |
Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Blackburn with Darwen |
Parish | St Silas, Blackburn |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Reverend Sheelagh Aston |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Alan Inglis, Frank Anderton |
St Silas' Church is in Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2]