Church Of St Mary The Virgin

ARKENGARTHDALE NZ 00 SW 10/2 Church of St Mary the Virgin

GV II Church. 1818, for George Brown, lord of the manor of Arkengarthdale. Coursed rubble, graduated Westmorland slate roof. Commissioners' church in the Early English style. Nave and chancel under one roof, vestry projecting on north side, west tower. 5 bays, of 2-light windows with Y-tracery, divided by thin buttresses; sixth bay with blank window under gable between pinnacles. East window of 4 lights. 3-stage tower, with blank lancets on north and south sides of lower 2 stages, belfrey openings with Y-tracery on third stage. Entry by west door of tower, under 4-centred arch. Interior: large single hall with no aisles or chancel divisions. West gallery supported on quadrilobate wooden columns. Fittings: original font with fluted column supporting small basin and pyramidal cover; also font given by George Gilpin-Brown, 1891. Fragments of stained pitch-pine box pews at west end, the rest made into dado. Pews late C19. Original stained pitch-pine pulpit and simple turned baluster altar rail. Commandment boards. Memorials to George Brown, donor of the church, and Rev John Gilpin. Replaced older church at Arkle Town, which had been undermined by flooding.

Listing NGR: NZ0030402700