Church Of St Mark

The Church of St Mark is a large Gothic Revival church built between 1862 and 1865 by James Mallinson. It is constructed of pitch-faced stone with ashlar dressings, and has steeply pitched slate roofs. The church comprises a 5-bay nave with lean-to, buttressed aisles, a south porch, and large north and south transepts. A lower 2-bay chancel and a chapel and vestry are located on the north side. A square, 4-tier tower with a splay-footed ashlar spire rises from the southwest corner, divided by drip mouldings and featuring angle buttresses and a stair tower. The tower’s bell-chamber openings are 2-light with louvres and have stilted arched heads and a single circle in the head, set in a shallow recess with a corbel-table supporting the base of the spire. The spire has 2-light lucarnes with slender openings, and smaller lucarnes at a higher level. The clerestory windows have a 6-foiled circle within a triangular surround. Broad, 3-light aisle windows feature a 6-foiled circle in the head, while the chancel windows are 2-light. The large 4-light transept windows and the 5-light east window also incorporate a large 5-foiled circle in the head. The porch has two colonnettes with acanthus capitals. The interior was not inspected.