St Walburge's Church

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St Walburge's Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Preston, England, renowned for its exceptionally tall and slender spire, one of the highest of any parish church in the UK.

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Label Occurrences
St Walburge's Church canonical 1
St Walburge's, Preston 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I listed building
Roman Catholic church
parish church
architect Joseph Hansom
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture
category Churches in Preston, Lancashire
Grade I listed churches in Lancashire
Roman Catholic churches in Lancashire
completedIn 1854
constructionStart 1850
country England
dedicatedTo Saint Walpurga
surface form: Saint Walburga
denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster
function place of worship
hasDenomination Catholic
hasFeature very tall and slender spire
heritageDesignation Grade I listed
heritageDesignationDate 12 June 1950
liturgicalTradition Latin Rite
locatedIn Lancashire
Preston
United Kingdom
material sandstone
namedAfter Saint Walpurga
surface form: Saint Walburga
notableFor one of the tallest parish church spires in the United Kingdom
parish St Walburge's Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: St Walburge's, Preston
previousDiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Liverpool
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
spiresRanking among tallest parish church spires in the UK
towerFeature slender spire

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Preston hasLandmark St Walburge's Church
St Walburge's Church parish St Walburge's Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: St Walburge's, Preston