We have published Anne Foley’s dramatic and poignant photographs of the demolition of the church building in 2004. Click here for the full set.

From The Buildings of England: North Lancashire by Nikolaus Pevsner (first published 1969):

“St Augustine (R.C.), St Austin’s Place. 1838-40 by a pupil of Scoles called A. Tuach, but greatly enlarged since. The apse is of 1878, but most of the enlargement was due to a campaign in 1890 by Sinnott, Sinnott & Powell. Until then the facade had just the four-column portico with pediment. Now the two towers with their cupolas were built. They are Italian Renaissance as against the original classical features. The aisleless interior with giant pilasters and the fine, boldly coffered tunnel-vault are all of 1890.”