St Anne's Church, Singleton

The church was built to replace an earlier church that had been demolished in 1859. It was paid for by Thomas Miller, a Preston mill owner, who had purchased the Singleton estate. It was built between 1859 and 1860, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.[3] In 1938–39 the successors on Paley's practice, now known as Austin and Paley, added a vestry at a cost of £775.[4] The church was designated as a Grade II listed building on 11 June 1986.[2] Grade II listing is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[5]

The church designed in the Early English style. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. The plan consists of a nave, chancel, south transept and a steeple to the north-east. There are no aisles. The steeple has angled buttresses and is topped by a broach spire.[2] The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that the steeple is "well-proportioned".[6] The windows have plate tracery; most are two-light and there are four-light dormers at the east end of the nave. The chancel has a wagon roof. Inside the church are monuments to the Miller family of Singleton Hall.[6]

The organ was installed c 1875, and built by the Huddersfield-based Peter Conacher. It is positioned in South chancel, and has a pleasing pipe rack. The instrument consists of two manuals and a radiating pedal board.

Pedal Keys 30 1 Bourdon 16

Great Keys 56

            2 Open Diapason 8 
            3 Stop Diapason 8 
            4 Salicional 8 
            5 Principal 4 
            6 Flute 4

Swell Keys 56 Enclosed

            7 Flute d'Amour 8 
            8 Gamba 8 
            9 Voix Celeste 8 
            10 Gemshorn 4 
            11 Cornopean

Couplers Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Great to Pedal

Tony Brindle-Wills 2008 to present Christopher Robinson 1998 - 2008 Others to be added following research

The church currently has a small choir of 6. In years gone by, the church had a full SATB robed choir. A visiting choir called "The Occasional Singers", regularly visit the church to perform at weddings and funerals. The church has over 20 weddings a year.

The church does not have a resident group of bell-ringers. However, a group of bell-ringers from Kirkham attend the church for weddings.

The church lychgate listed at Grade II. It is constructed of timber with a red tile roof. An inscription reads "T.H. Miller 1879".[7] The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I.[8]

• Listed buildings in Singleton, Lancashire
• List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley

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