Description

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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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400113

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2