Summary of Special Interest:

• Early part of the residential expansion of Preston beyond its mediaeval boundaries
  in the early 19th Century.
• A surviving early example, copied elsewhere in Preston, of a formal square with the church in the centre flanked by houses.
• Example of the provision of mass education by the Roman Catholic Church.
• An early example of the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in England, following the various Relief and Emancipation Acts (1778 – 1829), through inward missionary from Ireland and Belgium

Designated: 1982. Extended 2007

Area: 1.67 Hectares

Article 4 Direction in Place: Yes

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St Ignatius Square Conservation Area Appraisal (PDF)	3.2MB
St Ignatius Conservation Area Boundary Plan (PDF)	198KB

Date Updated: 15/12/08