Description

NY 31 SW ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG & WYTHBURN WYTHBURN

21/106 Wythburn Church
3.3.67
II

Parish church. 1640 on the site of an earlier chapel, with restoration of 1740
and 1872 addition. Painted rendered walls on projecting plinth stones, with
slate rubble additions, all under graduated greenslate roofs. 3-bay nave with
west open bellcote and slightly higher apse of 1872 and south vestry. C20
studded plank door and C20 2-light casement windows, all within plain reveals.
Triple lancet west window. Narrow round-headed windows in vestry and apse.
Interior has open timber roof on C17 trusses. Stained glass in west window
1888; that in apse by Henry Holiday, 1892 and Hugh Arnold, 1906. Late C19
furnishing and fittings.

Listing NGR: NY3243813578

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wythburn Church at Wikipedia
• Wythburn Church official website
• Wikidata Q8040647

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)