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St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall

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NZ 386,212

Denomination
  
Anglican

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Province of York

Country
  
England

Functional status
  
Active

Diocese
  
Diocese of Durham

Dedication
  
Cuthbert

St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall

Location
  
Redmarshall, County Durham

Website
  
St Cuthbert, Redmarshall

Architects
  
Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Edmund Sharpe

Architectural styles
  
Gothic Revival architecture, Norman architecture, English Gothic architecture

Similar
  
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St Cuthbert's Church is in the village of Redmarshall, County Durham, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockton, the archdeaconry of Auckland, and the diocese of Durham. Its benefice is united with those of five nearby parishes. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

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History

The church dates from the 12th century, with a larger chancel added during the following century. A chantry chapel was built on the south side of the church in 1311. There were further alterations in the 15th century, and again in the 19th century, including a new roof in 1806. In 1845 the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe replaced the former sash windows in the nave and chapel with mullioned windows in Perpendicular style. Later a gallery was added by Sharpe and his partner E. G. Paley. The east window in the chancel was replaced in 1891.

Architecture

St Cuthbert's is constructed in roughly coursed rubble. It is roofed with Westmorland slate. The plan consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a south chapel, and a west tower. The older parts of the church are in Norman style, newer parts in Gothic style, and the Victorian windows are Gothic Revival. The tower has a battlemented parapet. The interior of the church contains a 15th-century sedilia and an Easter sepulchre, a late Norman font, and 17th-century pews and communion rails. In the chapel are tombs bearing the effigies of Thomas de Loughton and wife dating from the middle of the 15th century. The single-manual organ was made in 1978–79 by N. Church, which replaced an earlier two-manual organ by Summers and Barnes.

References

St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall Wikipedia