Church Of St Cuthbert

NY 46 NW KIRKLINTON KIRKLINTON

3/130 Church of St Cuthbert

G.V. II*

Church. Dated 1845, but replacing medieval church and incorporating re-positioned medieval features. Snecked red sandstone ashlar with rusticated plinth; graduated slate roofs. 3 storey square west tower has angle buttresses, string course and corbelled battlemented parapet: pointed-head lancets with hood moulds. Nave of 6 bays has buttressed walls and angles: projecting gabled porch to south wall has pointed-head arch with hood mould and oak plank doors. Lancet windows with pointed heads and hood moulds between buttresses. Chancel of one bay has angle buttresses, triple lancet east window with hood mould; coped gable with kneelers and cross finial. Interior has inscribed and dated dedication tablet. Tower arch, formerly the chancel arch, is C12 and of two orders with bead and chevron decoration. Also from the original church are heraldic tablets to the Appleby family of 1698 and early 1700's; three aedicule monuments to members of the Dacre-Appleby family of 1729, 1738 and 1779. One window of heraldic glass for Dacre-Appleby family, other windows of plain diamond leaded panes, east window of early C20 stained glass. Pews, pulpit and lectern are all late C19 or early C20; panelled and vaulted light oak roof. Chancel steps of polished serpentine. Carved and guilded Royal Arms of Queen Victoria at west end. Copper and wrought-iron oil lamps (still in use), in Art Nouveau style, are probably by the Keswick School of Industrial Art. Re-positioned piscina from the medieval church.

Listing NGR: NY4326667038