St Mary Magdalen, Penwortham
May 1, 2008
A classic photograph by Mark Fiennes (for Country Life) of the new R.C. Church of St Mary Magdalen, Penwortham near Preston.
St Christopher’s Church & Parish Centre, Blackpool
May 3, 2006
St. Christopher’s Church, Blackpool: A new parish church for the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn. The Church was featured in three consecutive numbers of Church Building and also featured in Country Life. It was completed in 1991 at a cost of £400,000. Published in: Country Life, March 1992: “St. Christopher, Hawes Side Lane, Blackpool….. is a remarkable church. It is traditional and imaginative - something seen too infrequently in church design today.” “No doubt because he is able to produce fine architecture for so little money, Roberts’s ecclesiastical practice is flourishing..”
St Mary Magdalen, Penwortham
April 30, 2006
St. Mary Magdalen Church, Penwortham: A new Parish Church for the R.C. Archdiocese of Liverpool. The Church was reviewed at length in Church Building and featured in Country Life as ‘Best Church of the Decade’. It was completed in 1988 at a cost of £250,000. Published in: Country Life, February 1988 “This combination of fine architecture, good craftsmanship and the use of sensitive artist craftsmen has not been seen since the Arts and Crafts ideals were swamped by the Modern movement. For this reason alone, St. Mary Magdalen, Penwortham, is without a doubt the most important church to have been built since Goodhart-Rendel died in the 1950s.” Also featured by Lucinda Lambton in her television programme ‘Hurrah for Today’ in 1990 and included in the 20th Century Church Exhibition, R.I.B.A. Heinz Gallery, London. 1997.
