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| name = Emmanuel Church, Preston
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| caption = Emmanuel Church, Preston
| pushpin map = United Kingdom Preston
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| map caption = Location in Preston
 
| location = Brook Street, [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]]
| country = England
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| architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]
| style = [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]]
| groundbreaking = {{start date and age|1869}}
| completed date = {{start date and age|1870}}
| construction cost = c. £6,000
| materials = Brick with stone dressings, [[slate]] roofs
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'''Emmanuel Church''' is in Brook Street, [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]], England. It is in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the [[diocese of Blackburn]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/preston-emmanuel/| title = Emmanuel, Preston| accessdateaccess-date = 18 May 2014| publisher = [[Church of England]]}}</ref> The church is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1207246|desc= Emmanuel Church, Preston|access-date= 18 May 2014|mode=cs2}}</ref>▼
 
▲'''Emmanuel Church''' is in Brook Street, [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]], England. It is in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the [[diocese of Blackburn]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/preston-emmanuel/| title = Emmanuel, Preston| accessdate = 18 May 2014| publisher = [[Church of England]]}}</ref> The church is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1207246|desc= Emmanuel Church, Preston|access-date= 18 May 2014|mode=cs2}}</ref>
 
==History==
 
Emmanuel Church was built between 1869 and 1870 and was designed by Myres, Veevers and [[Thomas Myres|Myres]].<ref name=pev>{{Citation | lastlast1 =Hartwell| firstfirst1 =Clare| authorlink = | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: North |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2009 | origyearorig-year=1969 | location = New Haven and London| page = 531| isbn = 978-0-300-12667-9}}</ref> The land for the church was given by Thomas Tomlinson of London, and the foundation stone was laid on 18 August 1868 by [[Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet|Sir&nbsp;T.&nbsp;G.&nbsp;Fermor-Hesketh]], the local Member of Parliament. The church cost about £6,000, and when first built could seat 1,000&nbsp;people.<ref name=clerk>{{Citation | last = Hewitson| first = A. | publication-date = | date = | year = 1869 | title = Emmanuel Church in the Town of Preston| series = Our Churches and Chapels | publication-place = Preston | publisher = Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks | url = http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Preston/Preston/emmanuel/index.html | accessdateaccess-date = 18 May 2014}}</ref>
 
==Architecture==
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The church is built in red brick with some decoration in blue, black and white brick, and has [[sandstone]] dressings and [[slate]] roofs. It is in a mixture of [[Early English Gothic|Early English]] and [[Decorated Gothic|Decorated]] architectural styles. The church consists of a five-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] [[nave]] without [[aisle]]s, north and south [[transept]]s, and a [[chancel]]. Attached to the east sides of the transepts are [[vestry|vestries]], each with an [[apse]], and at the southwest corner is a tower. At the corners of the lower stages of the tower are angle [[buttress]]es, and the top stage has corner [[pilaster]]s. In the lower stages are [[Lancet window|lancets]] and small circular windows, and in the top stage are paired bell openings. At the top of the tower is a carved band, corner [[gargoyle]]s in the form of winged beasts, a [[parapet]] consisting of two pierced bands, the lower in brick and the upper in stone, and octagonal corner [[pinnacle]]s.<ref name=nhl/>
 
At the west front is a rectangular porch with stone carving, including a pierced parapet containing two inscribed tablets with triangular heads. In front of the porch is a modern glazed extension. Above the porch is a four-light window, over which is a polychrome band with zig-zag decoration. Along the sides of the church the bays are divided by buttresses, and each bay contains a two-light window. In the transepts are small lancet windows, and each transept has a large four-light window in the [[gable]]. The chancel has a five-light east window.<ref name=nhl/> The windows contain [[Decorated Gothic|Geometrical]] [[tracery]]. Inside the church is a [[hammerbeam roof]], and the transepts contain galleries.<ref name=pev/> The three-[[manual (music)|manual]] [[pipe organ]] was built in 1874, possibly by Ainscough of Preston, and was renovated in 1912 by R.&nbsp;G.&nbsp;Phillips of Preston.<ref>{{Citation NPOR| url = http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RIid=N01183| title desc= Lancashire Preston, Emmanuel, Brook Street (N01183)| accessdatemode=cs2|access-date = 18 May 2014| publisher = [[British Institute of Organ Studies]]}}</ref>
 
==Building closure==
 
In 2014, due to dry rot affecting the building, the congregation stopped using the church building and moved to the adjacent community centre. The building was formally closed two years later in February 2016 but the Church continues to meet for worship and other activities in the Plungington Community Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/03/opinion-how-closure-of-emmanuel-church-doesnt-mean-its-spirit-wont-live-on/|title=Opinion: How closure of Emmanuel Church doesn't mean its spirit won't live on}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==External links==
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Preston/Emmanuel.shtml Photograph of the church] from [[GENUKI]]]
 
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[[Category:Diocese of Blackburn]]
[[Category:Churches in Preston|Emmanuel]]
[[Category:Preston, Lancashire|Emmanuel Church]]
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