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Latitude: 54.8129 / 54°48'46"N
Longitude: -2.4398 / 2°26'23"W
OS Eastings: 371835
OS Northings: 546537
OS Grid: NY718465
Mapcode National: GBR CDDS.LH
Mapcode Global: WH91V.H9F6
Plus Code: 9C6VRH76+53
Entry Name: Church of St Augustine
Listing Date: 14 May 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1106230
English Heritage Legacy ID: 73112
ID on this website: 101106230
Location: St Augustine's Church, Alston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, CA9
County: Cumbria
District: Eden
Civil Parish: Alston Moor
Built-Up Area: Alston
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Alston Moor
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Church building
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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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