Church Of St Mungo

The Church of St Mungo is a parish church located on Church Street in Dearham. It dates from the late 12th century, with 13th-century additions and a north aisle added in 1882 by C.J. Ferguson. The building is constructed from a mix of St Bees and red hammer-dressed sandstone, topped with a graduated greenslate roof featuring coped gables and cross finials.

The church has a square, three-storey west tower that may have been fortified, a three-bay nave, a six-bay aisle, and a two-bay chancel. The tower includes a two-light west window and two-light bell openings, while the other windows are smaller. The nave features 19th-century two-light south windows. The porch has a pointed arch with a trefoil niche, and the south door is from the 12th century, adorned with carved capitals and a round-moulded arch. Various fragments of medieval grave slabs are incorporated into the east wall of the porch. The aisle contains two- and three-light 19th-century windows, and the chancel has a priest's doorway along with two original south windows and a small original east window.

Inside, the base of the tower is tunnel-vaulted with a segmental arch leading into the nave. The aisle has four bays supported by pointed arches on hexagonal columns. The 12th-century font appears to have been a cushion capital, intricately carved with dragons and symmetrical designs in scrolled panels. There are medieval grave slabs, with three built into the aisle wall, and a free-standing Celtic wheel-head cross. The north wall of the chancel retains the internal remains of an original window. The roof, furnishings, and fittings were all installed in 1882, and there is 19th-century stained glass in the east window only.