Church Of St Cuthbert

NY 13 NW PLUMBLAND PARSONBY

12/83 Church of St Cuthbert

3.3.67 G.V. II Parish church. 1871 by J.A. Cory (in partnership with C.J. Ferguson), on medieval site and incorporating some medieval features. Hammer-dressed St Bees and calciferous sandstone with ashlar quoins, buttresses and string course. Graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and cross finials. 4-bay nave with aisles, north organ chamber and 3-storey tower/porch. 2-bay chancel with north vestry. Nave has 3 gabled dormer clerestory windows and paired-lancet aisle windows. Tower has south doorway, and east side window which is C13 and reused from original church. Chancel has paired lancet windows and traceried east window. Interior: 4-bay north arcade and 3-bay south arcade with pointed arches of alternate red and yellow sandstone on round columns. Re-used zigzag Norman chancel arch. Unsigned late C19 and early C20 stained glass. 1684 wall plaque to Farish family and Reverend Edward Stanley, 1834. Chancel has late C19 stained glass and wall plaques to Ballantine-Dykes family. C19 piscina, the medieval one now in the vestry. Vestry doorway is C13 re-used.

Listing NGR: NY1415339223