St John the Evangelist's Church, Turncroft

St John the Evangelist's Church was an Anglican parish church in Turncroft, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was paid for by a Mrs Graham, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.[1][2] The church cost £8,000 (equivalent to £710,000 in 2015).[3][4] It had a spire 146 feet 6 inches (45 m) high.[1] The church has since been closed and demolished.[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 200–221, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  2. 1 2 Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 74, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  3. ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  4. ↑ Over Darwen, GENUKI, retrieved 7 June 2012

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Coordinates: 53°41′23″N 2°27′28″W / 53.68986°N 2.45774°W / 53.68986; -2.45774


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