St Paul's Church, Scotforth
| St Paul's Church, Scotforth | |
|---|---|
St Paul's Church, Scotforth, from the northeast | |
| 54°02′01″N 2°47′44″W / 54.0336°N 2.7955°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 479,600 |
| Location | Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | St Paul's, Scotforth |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 11 August 1874 |
| Dedication | Saint Paul |
| Consecrated | 18 February 1876 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 25 October 1985 |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe Paley, Austin and Paley Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 350 |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster and Morecambe |
| Deanery | Lancaster |
| Parish | St Paul, Scotforth |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Dr Rebecca Aechtner |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Jayne Weatherill Tony Walker |
St Paul's Church is in Scotforth, a suburb of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It 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 deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and Morecambe, and the diocese of Blackburn. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as a "strange building" and "an anachronism, almost beyond belief".