Christ Church

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Christ Church is in Meadows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.HistoryChrist Church has been the parish church of Thornton-Cleveleys since 1836. The church was built originally in 1835–37 to a design by Joseph Parkinson. The chancel was added in 1913–14 by the Lancaster architects Austin, Paley and Austin. In 1963 Leach, Rhodes and Walker rebuilt the nave, added the tower and built parish rooms.ArchitectureThe authors of the Buildings of England series comment that the church and parish rooms have "a mismash of an exterior". The church is constructed in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings. The architectural style is Free Perpendicular. Standing to the southwest of the church are single-storey parish rooms, from which rises a tower with an open bell stage and a saddleback roof. Inside the church is stained glass installed in 1974 and designed by Brian Clark.