Church Of St Cuthbert

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TL8783 KING STREET 617-1/6/75 (South side) 03/04/51 Church of St Cuthbert

II*

Parish church. Early C13, C15 and later. West tower rebuilt following collapse in 1851. North aisle 1902. Whole pebbles, flint and ashlar dressings. Slate roofs. West tower, nave, aisles, chancel. 3-stage tower with set-back stepped buttresses. Cusped lancet to ground stage, 4-petal ringing chamber window with square spandrels and 2-light belfry windows. Plain parapet. String courses between storeys. Three 2-light south aisle windows, gabled south porch. 4 north and south clerestory windows. Arched doorway in west end of north aisle. Aisle with two 3-light panel-tracery windows and two 2-light versions. Chancel lit through one C19 lancet and one 2-light renewed plate-tracery window. 3-light C19 chancel east window. INTERIOR: 4 north arcade bays and 5 south arcade bays, all on octagonal piers and with double-chamfered arches. West bay of nave and all of north side 1902. Double wave-moulded chancel arch. Roofs are plain purlin and rafter type with arched braces to wall posts. Chancel roof similar and of 1882. Double late C13 piscina with trefoil cusping and hood mould. Square C11 font bowl with incised arcading to rim standing on later octagonal shaft.

Listing NGR: TL8712083067