OS grid reference SD 756,869 Country England Founded 30 June 1837 Status Parish church Province Province of York | Location Cowgill, Cumbria Denomination Anglican Opened 1838 Diocese Diocese of Carlisle Architect Edmund Sharpe | |
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Website St John the Evangelist, Cowgill Address Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cowgill, Sedbergh LA10 5RJ, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Andrew's Church, Christ Church - Chatburn, St Mary's Church - Knowsley, St Mark's Church - Blackburn, Christ Church - Weston P | ||
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Cowgill, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the Diocese of Carlisle. It normally holds two services a month on the first (9am) and third (2.30pm) Sundays. Its benefice has been united with that of St Andrew, Dent. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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History
The church was built in 1837–38, and has previously been known as Kirkthwaite Chapel, and Cowgill Chapel. It was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. Its design is similar to that of Holy Trinity Church, Howgill, which dates from the same period. The foundation stone was laid on 30 June 1837 by Adam Sedgwick, Professor of Geology at Cambridge University. The church was consecrated on 31 October 1838 by the Bishop of Ripon. It provided seating for 250 people. The Church of England Commissioners moved the parish into the care of the Diocese of Carlisle in 2012.
Architecture
St John's is constructed in coursed sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its architectural style is Early English. The plan consists of a six-bay nave, a single-bay chancel with a vestry to the north, a south porch, and a bellcote at the west end. Each bay contains a lancet window, and the bays are separated by buttresses. On the south side of the church is a wooden gabled porch. The bellcote has wooden louvres, and a steep pyramidal roof surmounted by a weathervane. At the gabled west end of the church is a central buttress flanked by lancets, above which is an oculus. The east window is a stepped triple-lancet. Inside the church are wall memorials to members of the Elam family and others. The single-manual organ was built by T. Hopkins and Son.