More information : [NY 83778325] St Cuthbert's Church (C of E) [NAT] (1)
21/42 Church of St Cuthbert, Grade I.
Parish church. C13, extensively remodelled 1609. Restored and west
bellcote added 1865. Random rubble. Stone slab roofs to nave and
south chapel, Lakeland slate on chancel. Nave, chancel and south
chapel. West end has C19 gabled bellcote and 2 massive C19 offset
buttresses with C19 lancet between. 2 further C17 offset buttresses
flank the west end. 6-bay nave with possibly C17 lancets between C17
buttresses. C17 north door with shallow pointed arch in 3rd bay.
Similar blocked south door, also in 3rd bay, has square recess with
projecting moulded frame above. Large south chapel has off-centre,
3-light C13 window with intersecting tracery, a single lancet on
right return and a C17 square-headed window on left return. C13
chancel has one original one-light south window and east end with 3
lancets with monolithic heads. Remarkable roof has alternating
strips of single and double thickness of stone slabs.
Interior has east and west responds of former C13 arcade
in corners of nave and C13 double-chamfered chancel arch. C17
chamfered round rere-arches to nave lancets. Nave roof has stone
barrel vault with 15 transverse broach-stopped chamfered ribs.
Similar roof to south chapel which also has triple-shafted corbel
respond of a C13 west arcade. Arch into chapel from nave is round,
double-chamfered with broach stops of 1609. East lancets, have
shouldered rere-arches.Monuments to Archibald Reed 1729 and Theresa
and Harriet Charlton 1829 on chancel north wall inside. Attached to
chancel south wall outside, monument to Charlton of Redesmouth, 1628,
with large irregular lettering is carved in relief. Late C19 Gothic
copper lamp over north door. (2)
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