New St Leonard's Church, Langho

New St Leonard's Church, Langho
West end of New St Leonard's Church, Langho
New St Leonard's Church, Langho Location in the Borough of Ribble Valley
53°48′37″N2°26′21″W / 53.8102°N 2.4393°W / 53.8102; -2.4393
Location	Between Langho and Billington, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Leonard, Langho
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1880
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1879
Completed	1880
Construction cost	£4,600
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Blackburn
Archdeaconry	Blackburn
Deanery	Whalley
Parish	Langho
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	David Holt, Carole Maher

New St Leonard's Church is in Whalley New Road, between the villages of Langho and Billington in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. ^[1]

History

The church was built in 1878–80 at a cost of £4,350 (equivalent to £580,000in 2023). ^[2] It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, and provided seating for 346 people. ^[3] It was built to replace Old St Leonard's Church that was sited 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. After the old church was built, the population had grown and become more concentrated around the railway to the south of the old church. The old church is now redundant, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, although occasional services are still held. ^[4]

Architecture

The plan of the church consists of a nave with a south aisle, and a chancel with a vestry to the north. At the west end is a slated bellcote. Under the east window is flushwork. Inside the church, between the nave and the aisle, is a four-bay arcade carried on clustered piers. The stained glass was made by Abbott and Company in 1935. ^[5] The two-manual organ was built in 1882 by John Laycock of Keighley, and has since been overhauled by J. W. Walker. ^[6]

See also

• Lancashire portal

• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

1. St Leonard, Langho, Church of England , retrieved 2 September 2011
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 230, ISBN   978-1-84802-049-8
4. Historical Aspects of the Parish, Parish Church of St Leonard Langho, retrieved 2 September 2011
5. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 107, ISBN   978-0-300-12667-9
6. Lancashire, Langho, St. Leonard, Longsight Rd, (S00064), British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 2 September 2011