Church of St Wilfrid, Standish | |
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53°35′14″N 2°39′41″W / 53.5872°N 2.6614°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 563,103 |
Location | Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St Wilfrid, Standish |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 9 August 1966 |
Architect(s) | Lawrence Shipway (?) |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic and Renaissance |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Chorley |
Parish | Standish |
Clergy | |
Rector | Andrew Holliday |
Assistant priest(s) | Catherine Gabriel |
Curate(s) | Rebecca Feeney |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Sheila Fisher (LLM) |
Director of music | Carol Kwater ALCM ARCO LRAM |
Organist(s) | Andy Salisbury |
Churchwarden(s) | Andy Salisbury |
The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "one of the most interesting churches in Lancashire".[2]