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Church of St Peter

A Grade II Listed Building in Askam and Ireleth, Cumbria

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Latitude: 54.187 / 54°11'13"N

Longitude: -3.1911 / 3°11'27"W

OS Eastings: 322371

OS Northings: 477456

OS Grid: SD223774

Mapcode National: GBR 6N40.YV

Mapcode Global: WH729.Y1L0

Plus Code: 9C6R5RP5+QH

Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 20 December 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292088

English Heritage Legacy ID: 388487

ID on this website: 101292088

Location: St Peter's Church, Ireleth, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA16

County: Cumbria

District: Barrow-in-Furness

Civil Parish: Askam and Ireleth

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Dalton-in-Furness St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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BARROW IN FURNESS

SD27NW IRELETH BROW, Ireleth
708-1/1/218 (West side)
Church of St Peter

II

Church. 1865. Patron The Duke of Buccleuch, on land given by
John Todd (Hobbs). Rubble limestone with red sandstone
dressings, graduated slate roof. 4-bay nave with north porch
and with bell-tower at north-east corner; lower 2-bay chancel
with south vestry. Gothic Revival style with Geometrical
tracery. Chamfered plinth; diagonal buttresses at east and
west ends; ashlar gable copings with crosses. Gabled porch has
double chamfered arch and hoodmould with head-carved stops;
similar doorway and benches within. Nave: cusped 2-light
window with quatrefoils, hoodmoulds and relieving arches. Bell
tower projects and has quoins and cusped doorway beneath
quatrefoil; offsets beneath belfry with each side having gable
with 3 quatrefoils in pointed arch with hoodmould; slated
pyramidal spire with weathervane. West window of nave of 2
lights with colonnette and hexafoil over. Chancel: string
course beneath cusped lancets. 3-light east window. Vestry has
doorway to east and hipped roof. INTERIOR: contemporary
pitch-pine fittings. Scissor-braced trusses to nave. Broad
chancel arch with carved heads on the hoodmould stops;
arch-braced roof. In prominent position overlooking the Duddon
Estuary.
(Trans Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archaeological
Soc: Hobbs J L: Notes on Ireleth School and Chapel: Kendal:
1948-: 165).


Listing NGR: SD2237177456

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