Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Church.

Church of St Catherine

WRENN ID
solemn-courtyard-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Catherine, Eskdale, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 175 002
Coordinates
54.39112, -3.27059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Catherine is a parish church dating from the 14th century, with later additions and alterations, and was restored in 1881. It is constructed of random rubble and features a graduated slate roof with a stone ridge. The church has a gabled bellcote at the west end and an apex cross at the east. It is a single-storey building with four bays. The gabled south porch includes a plank inner door with a pointed head. Most of the windows are 19th-century stone-mullioned replacements, while the original east window, which is cusped and has three lights, was once pointed.

Inside, the font at the west end has an octagonal bowl from the 14th century, although Pevsner suggests it may be from the mid-17th century, resting on a later stem. Each face of the bowl features a panel with low-relief carving reminiscent of window tracery. A board on the south wall, dated 1798, lists the church's benefactors. The remaining fittings are from the 19th and 20th centuries, including stained glass by A. Sewell & Co. and Gibbs & Co., both based in London.

Local climate

Church of St Catherine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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