St John the Evangelist's Church, Osmotherley
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Osmotherley, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with St Mary with Holy Trinity, Ulverston.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
| St John the Evangelist's Church, Osmotherley | |
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 West end of St John the Evangelist's Church, Osmotherley | |
  St John the Evangelist's Church, Osmotherley Location in Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | SD 279 821 |
| Location | Osmotherley, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St John the Evangelist, Osmotherley |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint John the Evangelist |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 5 March 1990 |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1873 |
| Completed | 1874 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Slate with sandstone dressings |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Mary with Holy Trinity, Ulverston |
| Deanery | Furness |
| Archdeaconry | Westmoreland and Furness |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Canon Alan C. Bing |
History
The church was built in 1873–74 to a design by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.[3] It provided seating for about 150 people, and cost about £1,400 (equivalent to £131,000 in 2019).[4][5]
Architecture
St John's is constructed in coursed slate rubble with sandstone dressings. The roofs are slated, with tiles on the crest. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave and a chancel in one range, a north porch, and a south vestry. The chancel has an apsidal east end. At the west end of the church is a bellcote with a spirelet. All the windows are lancets, other than two square-headed windows in the vestry, and a rose window above two lancets at the west end. The porch consists of a wooden frame on stone bases, and it is gabled. The bellcote is wooden and hung with slates. Its spirelet is broached at the base, and contains small lucarnes.[2][3]
References
- St John, Osmotherley, Church of England, retrieved 11 June 2011
- Historic England, "St John the Evangelist, Osmotherley (1086796)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 June 2012
- Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 562, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
- UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved February 2, 2020
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 227, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8