Church Of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Church.
Church Of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- quiet-marble-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1984
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30/08/2016
NY 7146 24/52
ALSTON MOOR FRONT STREET, ALSTON (North side) Church of St Augustine
G.V.
II
Parish Church. 1870 by J.W. Walton, spire 1886 by G. D. Oliver, replacing 1770 church by Smeaton on medieval site. Ashlar with plinth, buttresses and moulded eaves. Welsh slate roofs with apex crosses to stone copings. Nave with south aisle; lower chancel. South porch under offset 3-stage tower with corner pinnacles. Early English style with lancet and plate tracery windows, those to nave clerestory 3-light under segmental arches. Trumeau separates shouldered porch doors with marble nook shafts. Tympanum of Christ in Majesty. Interior: 4-bay nave has arcade of squat polished granite piers with foliate caps. 3-bay chancel with painted 5-panel reredos. East window designed by Wooldridge and made by Powell. Font in nave has round bowl on central stem with detached marble shafts. Derwentwater clock on west wall presented 1767 and restored 1978. Wrought-iron weather vane now inside, dated 1770.
Listing NGR: NY7183546536
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