West end, The Church of Saint Walburghe, Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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The Roman Catholic church of Saint Walburghe is located on Weston Street in northwest Preston The church was built in the mid 19th century by the Gothic revival architect Joseph Hansom designer of the hansom cab and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England St Walburge s is a Grade I listed building with English Heritage The buillding was completed in 1854 The body of the church is in sandstone and the spire in limestone The height of the spire is 309 feet 94m When completed the church stood in splendid isolation but at the present date 2009 is hemmed in by terrace houses and industrial estates to the extent that it is difficult to obtain an overall unobstructed view of the building

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Size: 5060px × 3366px
Location: Church of Saint Walburghe, Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: catholic, church, england, europe, hansom, joseph, kingdom, lancashire, limestone, preston, roman, saint, sandstone, spire, united, walburge