Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565175

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)