Holy Trinity Church, Seathwaite
Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Seathwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of four other local parishes.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
| Holy Trinity Church | |
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 Holy Trinity Church, Seathwaite, from the south | |
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| 54.3549°N 3.1878°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 229,961 |
| Location | Seathwaite, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Holy Trinity, Seathwaite |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 25 March 1970 |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1874 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Slate |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Archdeaconry | Westmorland and Furness |
| Deanery | Furness |
| Parish | Broughton and Duddon |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Revd Stephen Tudway |
History
The church was built in 1874 to a design by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.[3] Holy Trinity was built on the site of an earlier church. For 67 years the curate of that church had been Robert Walker, who was made famous by the poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth called him "Wonderful Walker", and made reference to him in his Duddon Sonnets and in the poem The Excursion.[2][4] It was paid for mainly by the industrialist H. W. Schneider.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
Holy Trinity is constructed in coursed slate rubble and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel in one range, with an organ loft and vestry to the north, and a south porch. At the west end is a gabled bellcote. All the windows are lancets. There are wide buttresses externally between the nave and the chancel. A stone is attached to the porch incorporating a sundial; this had formerly been the shearing stool of Walker.[2]
Interior
Inside the church is a stoup with a trefoil arcade.[4] Painted on the wall of the chancel are the Ten Commandments. Also in the church is a brass. This had formerly been on a gravestone; it is to the memory of Walker, who died in 1802, and his wife, Anne, who had died two years previously.[2] The stained glass, dating from 1897, is by Kempe.[4] The two-manual organ was built in 1902 by Young.[5]
See also
References
- Seathwaite: Holy Trinity, Seathwaite, Church of England, retrieved 11 June 2011
- Historic England, "Church of Holy Trinity, Seathwaite (1158413)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 August 2013
- Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 87, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
- Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 609, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
- Lancashire (Cumbria), Seathwaite Nr. Furness, Holy Trinity (D00935), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 11 June 2011
External links
- (Note: Both websites show photographs of the church.)