Church Of St Mary Magdalene

The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a church located in Broughton-in-Furness. It features a medieval south aisle that was formerly part of the nave and chancel, with a south entrance dating back to the 12th century. The church underwent alterations in the 16th century and 19th century, with a single-vessel nave and chancel added in 1874, and a south-west tower completed in 1900. The 19th-century modifications and extensions were designed by the architectural firm Paley and Austin.

The building is constructed from stone rubble with ashlar dressings and bands, topped with slate roofs, sill courses, and coped gables. The nave includes two round-headed double-chamfered windows at the west end, shallow weathered buttresses, two paired windows, and a single window on the north side. The three-bay chancel features larger buttresses, two of which have half-round upper parts, and includes three round-headed windows along with a rose window at the east end. The south aisle has a three-light Perpendicular-style east window, with four round-headed windows on the south elevation and a 16th-century eastern window with three pointed lights.

The gabled south porch has an open timber frame resting on a stone base, with an inner opening from the 12th century that features two orders with nookshafts and water leaf capitals. The tower is supported by broad clasping buttresses and has a corbel table that supports a coped parapet with east and west gablets. It also includes round-headed windows and louvred bell openings.

Inside, the church has a five-bay arcade on round piers with plain and waterleaf capitals. The nave roof is constructed with coupled rafters and enriched kingpost trusses. There is a low wall leading to the chancel, with a pulpit featuring blind tracery panels, stalls with turned balusters and relief panels, and open tracery panels on the lectern. The sanctuary is adorned with wainscotting and a reredos that includes relief panels and cresting. The aisle contains a restored piscina and a goblet-form font with a moulded base and shaft, as well as a collar and tie-beam roof. The round-headed tower door features a tympanum, and the church includes 19th-century stained glass.