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St John the Evangelist's Church, Cowgill 
St John the Evangelist's Church, Cowgill, from the southeastLocation in Cumbria
St John the Evangelist's Church, CowgillCoordinates: 54°16′39″N 2°22′34″W / 54.27757°N 2.37621°W OS grid reference SD 756 869 Location Cowgill, Cumbria Country England Denomination Anglican Website St John the Evangelist, Cowgill History Founded 30 June 1837 Dedication Saint John the Evangelist Consecrated 31 October 1838 Significant associated people Adam Sedgwick Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 14 June 1984 Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Completed 1838 Specifications Materials Sandstone, slate roofs Administration Parish Dent with Cowgill Deanery Ewecross Archdeaconry Craven Diocese Bradford Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Revd Peter John Boyles St John the Evangelist's Church, Cowgill, is in the village of Cowgill, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the diocese of Bradford. Its benefice has been united with that of St Andrew, Dent.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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History
The church was built in 1837–38, and has previously been known as Kirkthwaite Chapel, and Cowgill Chapel.[2] It was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. Its design is similar to that of Holy Trinity Church, Howgill, which dates from the same period. The foundation stone was laid on 30 June 1837 by Adam Sedgwick, Professor of Geology at Cambridge University. The church was consecrated on 31 October 1838 by the Bishop of Ripon.[3]
Architecture
St John's is constructed in coursed sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its architectural style is Early English. The plan consists of a six-bay nave, a single-bay chancel with a vestry to the north, a south porch, and a bellcote at the west end. Each bay contains a lancet window, and the bays are separated by buttresses. On the south side of the church is a wooden gabled porch. The bellcote has wooden louvres, and a steep pyramidal roof surmounted by a weathervane. At the gabled west end of the church is a central buttress flanked by lancets, above which is an oculus. The east window is a stepped triple-lancet. Inside the church are wall memorials to members of the Elam family and others.[2] The single-manual organ was built by T. Hopkins and Son.[4]
External features
The wrought iron gates and the sandstone gate piers to the churchyard, dating probably from 1838, are also listed at Grade II.[5]
See also
- List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe
References
- ^ Cowgill: St John the Evangelist, Cowgill, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/cowgill-st-john-the-evangelist/, retrieved 25 July 2011
- ^ a b c "Church of St John the Evangelist, Dent", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1383834, retrieved 25 July 2011
- ^ Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 133
- ^ Yorkshire, West Riding (Cumbria), Cowgill, St. John the Evangelist (D01801), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D01801, retrieved 25 July 2011
- ^ "Gates and gate piers to churchyard of Church of St John the Evangelist, Dent", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1383835, retrieved 25 July 2011
Categories:- Church of England churches in Cumbria
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in Cumbria
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- Religious buildings completed in 1838
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings
- Diocese of Bradford
- Edmund Sharpe buildings
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