St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall

St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall
St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall, from the south
St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall Location in County Durham
Coordinates: 54°35′04″N 1°24′14″W / 54.5844°N 1.4040°W / 54.5844; -1.4040
OS grid reference	NZ 386 212
Location	Redmarshall, County Durham
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Cuthbert, Redmarshall
History
Dedication	Saint Cuthbert
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	16 November 1967
Architect(s)	Edmund Sharpe Sharpe and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman, Gothic, Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	12th century
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roofs
Administration
Parish	Redmarshall
Deanery	Stockton
Archdeaconry	Auckland
Diocese	Durham
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd David Martin Brooke

St Cuthbert's Church, Redmarshall, is a church in the village of Redmarshall, County Durham, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockton, the archdeaconry of Auckland, and the diocese of Durham. Its benefice is united with those of five nearby parishes.^[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.^[2]

History

The church dates from the 12th century, with a larger chancel added during the following century. A chantry chapel was built on the south side of the church in 1311. There were further alterations in the 15th century, and again in the 19th century, including a new roof in 1806. In 1845 the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe replaced the former sash windows in the nave and chapel with mullioned windows in Perpendicular style. Later a gallery was added by Sharpe and his partner E. G. Paley. The east window in the chancel was replaced in 1891.^[3]

Architecture

St Cuthbert's is constructed in roughly coursed rubble.^[2] It is roofed with Westmorland slate.^[3] The plan consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a south chapel, and a west tower. The older parts of the church are in Norman style, newer parts in Gothic style, and the Victorian windows are Gothic Revival. The tower has a battlemented parapet. The interior of the church contains a 15th-century sedilia and an Easter sepulchre, a late Norman font, and 17th-century pews and communion rails. In the chapel are tombs bearing the effigies of Thomas de Loughton and wife dating from the middle of the 15th century.^[2] The single-manual organ was made in 1978–79 by N. Church,^[4] which replaced an earlier two-manual organ by Summers and Barnes.^[5]

See also

• List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe
• Redmarshall Old Rectory

References

1. ^ St Cuthbert, Redmarshall, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/redmarshall-st-cuthbert/, retrieved 10 August 2011 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Church of St Cuthbert, Redmarshall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1140001, retrieved 10 August 2011 
3. ^ ^{a b} Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 210 
4. ^ Durham (Cleveland), Redmarshall, St. Cuthbert (N04214), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N04214, retrieved 10 August 2011 
5. ^ Durham (Cleveland), Redmarshall, St. Cuthbert (N12100), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N12100, retrieved 10 August 2011 

External links

• Detailed description of the history and architecture of the church