St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham

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St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, is an Anglican parish church in Lancashire, England. It stands on the site of earlier churches, with the current building erected in 1834–1835 to replace the 1770 church, which had itself replaced an older cobbled structure. The 1834–35 church was designed by W. H. Hobden and later enlarged in stages: the chancel was added in 1872 by Paley and Austin; in 1882 they added the north aisle, vestry and organ chamber; seating and a new front to the gallery followed in 1887; another enlargement occurred in 1909; and a memorial chapel was added in 1931 by Austin and Paley. Since 13 January 1971 it has been designated a Grade II* listed building, a high level of protection for important buildings.

The church is built of dark red brick with sandstone dressings in the Perpendicular style, with slate roofs. Its plan includes a west tower, a nave with north and south aisles, an east chancel, and a north vestry. There is a small porch at the west end of the south aisle. The tower has diagonal buttresses, three stages, a crenellated parapet, two-light belfry louvres and a two-light west window. The aisles and the clerestory windows are two- or three-light, in the Perpendicular style; the east window is a large three-light window in the Arts and Crafts style.

Inside are monuments to the Clifton family. The church has notable stained glass, including an 1860 window by Hardman & Co., an 1874 window by Morris & Co. showing the Mount of Olives, and works by Kempe, Capronnier, Clayton and Bell.

In the churchyard there is an undated sandstone pedestal sundial near the porch, probably from the 18th century, which is a Grade II listed object. The churchyard also contains the graves of nine World War I and five World War II service personnel. About 30 metres north of the church is a red sandstone monument to the crew of the lifeboat Laura Janet, which sank in 1886; this is also Grade II listed.

The vicarage to the west of St Cuthbert’s may date from 1836 and was likely designed by Hobden. It is red brick with ashlar dressings in an Elizabethan style, with some Jacobean features, and is Grade II listed.