Parish Church of St Martin is a Grade I listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Circa 1480 Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- night-gutter-snow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church of St Martin, Lake Road, Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 3DE
- OS grid reference
- SD 402 969
- Coordinates
- 54.36411, -2.92103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Martin is located on Lake Road in Bowness-on-Windermere. A church has existed on this site since 1203, with the current building dating from around 1480. The upper part of the tower and the east end were added in 1870. The church is constructed from local slate rubble with sandstone dressings and features very sturdy arcade piers. The walls are adorned with painted verses and scrolls, some dating from the 17th century and others from the Victorian era. There is also some medieval glass and a monument by Flaxman, along with the painted Royal Arms from 1761. The church is a significant part of the village center, grouped with nearby buildings including a hairdresser, Old Kirk Cafe, Old Curio Shop, Stags Head Inn, Rose Cottage, and several others along Church Street and Robinson Place.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Martin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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