Church of St Wilfrid, Standish

Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Church of St Wilfrid, Standish Location in Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°35′14″N 2°39′41″W / 53.5872°N 2.6614°W / 53.5872; -2.6614
OS grid reference	SD 563,103
Location	Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Wilfrid, Standish
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	9 August 1966
Architect(s)	L. Shipway (?)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic and Renaissance
Administration
Parish	Standish
Deanery	Chorley
Archdeaconry	Blackburn
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Andrew Holliday
Curate(s)	Tim Brampton
Laity
Reader(s)	Barbara Weston
Director of music	John Walton GRNCM FLCM FRCO
Organist(s)	Alan Banks LLCM

The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "one of the most interesting churches in Lancashire".

The church is first mentioned in 1205 but the vast extent of the ancient parish with its eleven townships (Adlington, Anderton, Charnock Richard, Coppull, Duxbury, Heath Charnock, Langtree, Shevington, Standish, Welch Whittle and Worthington) points to a very early foundation. The church is believed to have been rebuilt between 1582 and 1584 and designed by L. Shipway. It is in a blended Gothic and Renaissance style.

During the 20th century the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley carried out work on the church. In 1913–14 they added vestries at the east end of the church, and in 1926 they built a gatehouse at the entrance to the churchyard. The gatehouse is listed separately from the church at Grade II. The architects also supervised minor additions and repairs to the church in 1932 and 1939.