Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARYS STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207330
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARYS STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-06-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/14360/29
- Rights:
- © Mr Ian Heywood. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207330
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARYS STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST MARYS STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Preston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 54835 29683
Details
PRESTON
SD5429 ST MARY'S STREET 941-1/7/262 (West side) 27/09/79 Church of St Mary
GV II
Church. 1836-8, by John Latham, with transepts and chancel added 1852-3 by E.H. Shellard. Punch-dressed sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Nave on north-south axis with south tower flanked by square wings, east and west transepts, chancel. Romanesque style, with round-headed windows throughout. Tripartite south front formed by 4-stage tower with 3-storeyed 1st stage flanked by wings to the same height and gabled to west and east respectively, each element with clasping pilasters and those of the wings finished with squat pinnacles, each with a round-headed doorway at ground floor, all in Norman style but that in the centre larger and with 3 orders of unorthodox moulding, the centre with 3-light windows on 2 levels (the lower with blind outer lights), the date "MDCCCXXXVI" in raised Gothic lettering between them and a corbel table above, and the wings with one small window to the front, a similar wndow in the side and a 2-light window in the gable. Above this level the tower proceeds in 3 stages successively set back, the 2nd and 3rd with 2-light windows which have cushion capitals to the shafts, and the 3rd (originally replicating turrets at west end of Tewkesbury Abbey) carrying a needle spire with lucarnes mounted on a drum with corner cylinders (from which the pinnacles have been removed). The 5-bay nave has pilaster strips and tall round-headed windows set in blank arches. The transepts have clasping buttresses finished as square 2-stage turrets with blind arcading to the upper and pyramidal caps, the east transept has a round-headed doorway in the centre, and both have round-headed lancets. The chancel, lower than the north gable of the nave, has 3 round-headed lancets and a circular window above. INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD5483529683
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392154
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 22-Jun-2026 at 03:16:36.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.