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Christ Church, Over Wyresdale
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Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, from the southeast
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OS grid reference SD 551 544
Location Abbeystead, Lancashire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Christ Church,
Over Wyresdale
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 2 May 1968
Architect(s) John Douglas (restoration)
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic
Groundbreaking 1733
Completed 1894
Specifications
Materials Sandstone rubble, slate roofs
Administration
Parish Over Wyresdale
Deanery Lancaster and Morecambe
Archdeaconry Lancaster
Diocese Blackburn
Province York

Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, stands in an isolated position to the west of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Lancaster. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mark, Dolphinholme, and St Peter, Quernmore.

The church dates from 1733, replacing a chapel dating back to the 15th century, and it was restored in 1894 by the Chester architect John Douglas who added a spire to the tower, buttresses for the tower, a new south porch, a new vestry, and also built a new sanctuary. It is built in sandstone rubble with slate roofs and consists of a west tower, a nave with a chancel, a south porch, and a north vestry. The pulpit is dated 1684.

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