Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Church.

Church of St Cuthbert

WRENN ID
late-gravel-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1989
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Cuthbert, Gosforth Road, Seascale
OS grid reference
NY 037 011
Coordinates
54.39661, -3.48341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Cuthbert is a church built in 1879 or 1890 by C J Ferguson, located on the north side of Gosforth Road in Seascale. It is constructed from snecked dressed stone and features a slate roof. The building consists of a single vessel nave and chancel, a south nave with an organ loft, and a north vestry. The gables are coped, and the west end has two traceried windows with two lights, positioned beside a short buttress and a gabled bellcote. The aisle includes a vesica window.

On the south elevation, there is a gabled porch with a two-light straight-headed traceried window, while the aisle has three-light traceried straight-headed windows. The rainwater heads are dated 1889 and have scrolly brackets for the downspouts. The gabled organ loft features a two-light window, and the chancel has a two-light window as well. The east end is adorned with a four-light window that has reticulated tracery. The north vestry includes an east entrance, a four-light north window, and a west stack. The five-bay nave's north elevation has two-light windows with single chamfers.

Inside, the church has arch-braced collar trusses supporting the nave roof and a five-bay arcade resting on round piers. The chancel arch consists of two orders. Notable interior features include a polished marble octagonal font with a simple form and a traceried cover, a two-bay arcade leading to the organ loft, and richly carved elements such as the pulpit, stalls, ambos, east panelling, and a brattished reredos. The chancel also has a waggon roof with bosses and stained glass in the chancel windows.

Local climate

Church of St Cuthbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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