Pleasington Priory
| Pleasington Priory | |
|---|---|
| Church of St Mary and St John Baptist | |
Pleasington Priory from the southeast | |
| 53°44′06″N 2°32′34″W / 53.7350°N 2.5429°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 643,266 |
| Location | Pleasington, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 24 November 1966 |
| Architect(s) | John Palmer |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1816 |
| Completed | 1819 |
| Construction cost | £23,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Ashlar, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Salford |
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church", and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation".