OS grid reference NY 070 253 Country England Website St Oswald, Dean Address Workington CA14 4TH, UK Parish Dean, Cumbria Diocese Diocese of Carlisle | Location Dean, Cumbria Denomination Anglican Dedication Saint Oswald Opened 1973 Status Parish church Designated as world heritage site 5 September 1986 | |
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Architectural styles Norman architecture, English Gothic architecture Similar The Royal Yew Inn, Dean C Of E Primary School, St Oswald's Parish Church, Kirkstile Inn, Lillingtons Estate Agents Ltd | ||
St Oswald's Church is in the village of Dean, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
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History
St Oswald's dates from the 12th century, with an extension in the following century. The chancel was added in the 15th century and the sanctuary in the 17th century. An extensive restoration was carried out between 1967 and 1973, which included new pews and a pulpit.
Architecture
The church is built in blocks of calciferous sandstone and has green slate roofs. The roofs have coped gables and cross finials. Its plan consists of a three bay nave with a south aisle and a south porch, and a three-bay chancel with a north vestry. On the gable between the nave and the chancel is a twin open bellcote. Gargoyles stretch from the eaves of the chancel. The lower courses of the north wall of the nave and a blocked doorway date from the 12th century, and a medieval cross slab is built into this wall. The remainder of the fabric of the nave is from the 13th century. The chancel dates from the 15th century and in its east wall is a Tudor three-light window. The vestry dates from the 20th century. The arcade consists of four rounded-headed arches on round piers. The south wall of the aisle has recesses for a tomb and for an aumbry, and there is an aumbry in the south wall of the chancel. The bowl of the font is Norman, supported on a 20th-century shaft. The stained glass in the west window dates from the 19th century. The single-manual organ was built in 1975 by Eric Mason of Bolton.