OS grid reference SD 537,835 Denomination Anglican Address Milnthorpe LA7 7NR, UK Status Parish church Province Province of York | Country England Dedication Saint Patrick Opened 1892 Diocese Diocese of Carlisle Architect Sharpe, Paley and Austin | |
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Location Preston Patrick, Cumbria Website St Patrick, Preston Patrick Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar All Saints Church - Lupton, St Bartholomew's Church - B, St Mary's Church - Kirkby Lo, St Martin's Church - Brampton, Anthorn Radio Station | ||
St Patrick's Church is in the village of Preston Patrick, 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. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Although now dedicated to Saint Patrick, the church was formerly dedicated to Saint Gregory.
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History
In 1850 the Lancaster architects Edmund Sharpe and E. G. Paley reported that the chapel on the site appeared, from its architectural design, to have been built during the reign of Henry VII (1457–1509). The architects designed a new church. Building started in 1852 and the new church opened on 28 November of that year. It cost about £1,400 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2015), and had seating for 1,386 people. In 1892 the chancel was rebuilt by Paley, Austin and Paley, the successors of Sharpe and Paley.
Exterior
The church is constructed in limestone with limestone dressings in the nave, and sandstone dressings in the chancel. The roof is of slate, with a stone ridge and copings. Fabric from the earlier church is incorporated in this church consisting of a window in the tower and niches in the chancel. The architectural style is Perpendicular. The plan of the church consists of a west tower, a four-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a single-bay chancel, and a vestry. The tower is square, and in four stages that are separated by a string courses. The top stage contains bell openings in each face, and the tower is surmounted by battlemented parapets. At its southwest corner is a bell turret that rises to a higher level than the tower. In the body of the church, the west and east windows have four lights.
Interior
Inside the church, the nave is whitewashed, and it contains a north arcade carried on monolithic limestone columns. The chancel is lined with sandstone ashlar. Flanking the east window are two canopied niches. The stained glass in the east window is by Shrigley and Hunt and depicts the Te Deum. There are two war memorials, one by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, the other by Powells. The two-manual pipe organ was made by Wilkinson in 1891, and was overhauled in 1992.