Description

NY 2548 WIGTON HIGH STREET
(East side) Wigton

14/67 Church of St Mary
1/4/67

G.V. II*

Parish Church on medieval site. Dated and inscribed in porch 1788, PATTINSON
AND HOLMES JOINERS, NIXONS AND PARKIN MASONS, built to the same design as St
Michael's, Workington, 1770 and St Cuthbert's, Carlisle, 1778; restoration 1881
(dated in porch) by C.J. Ferguson; vestry dated 1912. Red sandstone from Shawk
Quarry, with V-jointed quoins, on chamfered plinth; string course, eaves cornice
and parapet. Graduated greenslate roof. 2-storey, 8-bay nave; 3-storey west
tower/porch; north vestry; lower single-bay chancel. Tower: panelled west door
under intersecting-glazing bar fanlight in quoined surround. Similar treatment
to casement window above. Round window above with patterned glazing bars.
Large painted clock face with modillioned surround. Round-headed bell openings
with louvred vents. Modillioned battlemented parapet with pinnacles. Nave:
south panelled doors in round-headed quoined surrounds flank round-headed
leaded-paned windows, some with stained glass. Similar gallery windows above.
Venetian east window in chancel. Interior: Tuscan and Doric columned gallery,
upper columns with individual entablature. Ceiling with decorative oval and
circular-moulded plaster panels. Early C20 baptistery with carved oak screen.
Numerous white marble wall plaques. Late C19 and early C20 stained glass. Side
chapel has reredos made of re-used Flemish carved oak panels. 3-decker pulpit.
OS bench mark on quoin stone left of entrance.

Listing NGR: NY2559948273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540758

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990