Church Of St Cuthbert

The Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church located in Haydon Bridge, built in 1796. A north transept was added in 1865, and the chancel was enlarged with gothic features added to the south elevation in 1898. The church is constructed of tooled and margined ashlar on the south side, while the north side features rubble reused from the medieval church, including squared Roman stones. It has slate roofs and stone-coped gables with moulded kneelers.

The church comprises a nave, west tower, north transept, and chancel. The tower is divided into three stages by bands, featuring a projecting moulded cornice and a swept pyramidal roof. The lower stage has a 19th-century pointed-arched door on the south side, with a sundial dated '1796' above it and a round-headed window with renewed latticed glazing bars. There are similar windows on the west side, with the upper window being blind, and a stone external stair on the north side leading to a tall round-headed doorway for farmer gallery access. The second stage has small square windows on all three sides, while the third stage features round-headed belfry openings on the east and west sides, with similar openings blocked and partly obscured by clock faces on the other sides.

The nave has a plinth and late 19th-century two-light windows designed in a 14th-century style. The north transept includes tooled and margined quoins, round-headed windows on the north and west, and a door on the east. The two-bay chancel has a plinth, late 19th-century two-light windows on the south and east, and two round-headed windows on the north, with the eastern window reset in 1898.

Inside, the church features a late 19th-century chancel arch, roof, and most furnishings. There is a 18th-century Royal Arms on the west wall, a late 19th-century marble font, and stained glass by Kempe in the chancel windows. Additionally, there is a damaged 14th-century effigy under a crocketed canopy and a 17th-century carving of an angel, which was brought from the old church.

The church was built by the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners in 1796, and the north transept was added in 1869 to accommodate children from the Shaftoe Trust School.