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St Anne's Church,
Whitevale Street,
1931-33,
Jack Coia of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia,

Designed between 1931-33 by Jack Coia of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, the building is concrete framed with walls of red Accrington brick.

Internally the plan form is of a square Byzantine style with short brick piers at the corners forming the main body of the nave into a cross.

Looking towards the west, a choir gallery is situated over the narthex (a covered porch at the main entrance to the church).

Towards the east is a shallow three sided apse with a classical baldacchino (tent like roof) above.

A view towards the Lady Chapel in the northeast. The carved stone tablets are by Archibald Dawson.

A view looking southwest towards the confessionals.

A view looking southeast towards the sacristies.

A detail of the round stained glass window designed by Charles Baillie and made by Guthrie and Wells."

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