St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton

St Anne's, Woodplumpton
St Anne's, Woodplumpton Location in the City of Preston district
Coordinates: 53°48′14″N 2°45′42″W / 53.8039°N 2.7617°W / 53.8039; -2.7617
OS grid reference	SD 49934 34445
Location	Woodplumpton, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	11 November 1966 (1966-11-11)
Architect(s)	Austin and Paley (additions and restoration 1899–1900)
Administration
Deanery	Garstang
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

St Anne's is a church in the village of Woodplumpton in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, and the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Garstang. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The churchyard at St Anne's is the supposed burial place of a 17th-century alleged witch named Meg Shelton.

Historically, Woodplumpton was in the ancient parish of St Michael's on Wyre, served by the parish church of St Michael. There is architectural evidence of a chapel at Woodplumpton prior to 1200; documentary evidence of such a structure dates from 1552. The church was largely rebuilt in 1630. The south aisle was added in 1748. In 1899–1900 the Lancaster firm of architects Austin and Paley made additions and carried out a restoration of the church that included the installation of new windows, re-roofing the north aisle, repairing the arcades, and extending the vestry. In 1966 the church was designated as a Grade II* listed building. The Grade II* listing is for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest".

St Anne's sits on high ground in the south of the village. It is constructed of red and yellow sandstone, and of gritstone with sandstone dressings. The roofs are slate and stone slate. Its plan consists of a nave with north and south aisles, chancel, a west tower and a vestry to the north-east. The nave and aisles are all under separate gabled roofs.