Church Of The Holy Trinity And St Constantine

WETHERAL WETHERAL NY 4654

14/181 Church of the Holy 1. 4.57. Trinity and St Constantine

II*

Church. C13 with alterations of early C16, 1790-91, 1872 (by R.J. Withers) and 1881-2. Dressed red sandstone, graduated slate roofs, coped east gable. West tower, nave with vestry and south porch, chancel and chapel, bellcote at east end. Hexagonal tower, on site of medieval porch, 1790 with 1882 upper part. Round-arched moulded West door under 2-light window. C19 clock. Drip moulds at floors and openings; battlemented parapet with corner water spouts and pinnacles. C16 nave doors and windows, some blocked or repositioned; C16 clerestory. C19 south extension in re-used stone with 4-light window. Chancel has 5-light east window. South window and priest's door have inscriptions to William Thornton and Richard Wedderhall, Priors of Wetheral 1500-30 and 1534-9. 4-bay double-chamfered nave arcades. Medieval features include C13 hexagonal font, tomb chest with effigies of Sir Richard and Dame Jane Salkeld c1500, and fragments of stained glass. Other glass of C19 and Howard Chapel of 1791 Gothic style, has buttresses rising to pinnacles and battlemented parapet; also large cast iron pointed windows, an early use of this material. Interior has rib-vaulted plaster ceiling. Its chief ornament is a life sized monumental figure of Faith, commemorating Lady Maria Howard, died 1789, by Joseph Nollekens for Henry Howard of Corby Castle who built the chapel as her memorial. Nollekens considered this to be his finest work and he is shown carving this monument on his tombstone. See Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Soc., vol. xxii (new series) pp.235-8.

Listing NGR: NY4681754401