Description

BRIDEKIRK BRIDEKIRK
NY 13 SW
5/44 Church of St Bride
(previously listed as
Church of St Bridget
G.V. II

Parish Church. 1868-70 by Cory and Ferguson of Carlisle. Rock-faced
calciferous sandstone with string courses and clasping buttresses. Graduated
greenslate roof with coped gables and cross finials. Cruciform, Neo-Norman,
with apse. Nave has south porch with C19 zigzag arches on engaged columns. All
windows are round-headed with engaged columns. Large square tower has mosaic
clockface under 4-light bell openings on south side South transept has reused
C12 zigzag-arched doorway from the old church and a built-in armorial stone from
a tomb in the old church. Against the apse wall are 8 grave slabs and 2 Roman
quern stones.

Listing NGR: NY1164833691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438359

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