St Peter & St Paul Mawdesley

St Peter & St Paul Church, Mawdesley, Lancashire.

A Roman Catholic church and presbytery built in sandstone with a slate roof and red ridge tiles is an example of many in North Lancashire churches built soon after Emancipation.

Before this, services had been held in private houses in the area, notably at Lane Ends House in the village, which is said to retain a room used as a chapel in the eighteenth century.

The church is formed in a T-shaped plan, with a three-bay church and a four-bay presbytery at the south. At the north end of the church is a single-story Gothic porch, and a bellcote on the gable.

The windows have diamond lattice glazing. The presbytery has two storeys, a door with a moulded surround and a fanlight. The windows are sashes.

(Photographed Tuesday 7th November 2023)

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