St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale

St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale
St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale, from the southwest
St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale Location in North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 54°09′27″N 2°28′58″W / 54.1574°N 2.4827°W / 54.1574; -2.4827
OS grid reference	SD 686 736
Location	Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	20 February 1958
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin, Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Completed	1935
Administration
Parish	Thornton in Lonsdale
Deanery	Ewecross
Archdeaconry	Craven
Diocese	Bradford
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Jennifer Anne Savage

St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale, is in the village of Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven and the diocese of Bradford. Its benefice is united with that of All Saints, Burton in Lonsdale.^[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.^[2]

History

The tower dates from the 15th century.^[2] In 1869–70 the body of the church was rebuilt in Perpendicular style by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.^[3] The church was damaged by a fire, and rebuilt in 1933–35 by Austin and Paley, apparently following the 19th-century design.^[2]

Architecture

The church is constructed in limestone rubble with sandstone dressings, and has Westmorland slate roofs. The plan consists of a four-bay nave, north and south aisles with chapels, a two-bay chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet. It has a west doorway with a pointed arch, over which is a three-light window. Above this is small ogee-headed window. The bell openings have two lights. The tower is surmounted by a 19th-century pyramidal spire and a lead finial. The windows on the sides of the church have two or three lights, and the east window has four lights with trefoil heads. Inside the church, some of the arcades have pointed arches, while others are in Romanesque style. The earliest memorials in the church are to the Redmayne family, dating from 1678.^[2]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

1. ^ Thornton-in-Lonsdale: St Oswald, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/thornton-in-lonsdale-st-oswald/, retrieved 20 July 2011 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Church of St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1252730, retrieved 20 July 2011 
3. ^ 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