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St Mungo's Church, Dearham 
St Mungo's Church, Dearham, from the southwestLocation in Cumbria
St Mungo's Church, DearhamCoordinates: 54°42′50″N 3°26′28″W / 54.7140°N 3.4412°W OS grid reference NY 072 363 Location Dearham, Cumbria Country England Denomination Anglican Website Dearham, St Mungo History Dedication Saint Mungo Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade I Designated 3 March 1967 Architect(s) C. J. Ferguson (north aisle) Architectural type Church Style Norman, Gothic Revival Groundbreaking Late 12th century Completed 1882 Specifications Materials Sandstone, slate roofs Administration Parish Dearham Deanery Solway Archdeaconry West Cumberland Diocese Carlisle Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Revd Canon Mary Day St Mungo's Church, Dearham, is in the village of Dearham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[2]
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History
St Mungo's dates from the late 12th century, and the chancel was added in the 13th century.[3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was of the opinion that the Norman features, including the south door and some windows, date from about 1170–90, and that the tunnel vault in the lowest stage of the tower is also from this period or "a little later".[4] The north aisle was added by C. J. Ferguson in 1882.[2]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in sandstone with green slate roofs.[2] The foundations incorporate stones from former Roman buildings.[3] Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle and south porch, and a two-bay chancel at a lower level. At the west end is a square tower in three storeys. It has a two-light west window and two-light bell openings, and other small windows on each face.[2] It is possible that this was a pele tower.[3] The roofs have coped gables and cross finials. In the nave and the aisle the windows date from the 19th century, while the windows in the chancel are original; also in the chancel is a priest's doorway. Medieval graveslabs are built into the wall of the aisle.[2]
Interior
The font is Norman, and is carved with representations of dragons and various patterns.[4] The roof, fittings and furniture all date from the 19th century.[2] The only stained glass is in the east window; it is by Clayton and Bell and depicts the Ascension.[5] Pevsner refers to the "remarkable collection of Anglo-Danish fragments".[4] These carved stones include a wheel-head cross standing 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) high; the Adam stone, with depictions of standing figures holding hands, a bearded head and the word "Adam"; and the Kenneth Cross, commemorating St Kenneth, with images of a man on a horse, and a bird facing a man.[4][5]
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
References
- ^ Dearham, St Mungo, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/dearham-st-mungo/, retrieved 3 April 2010
- ^ a b c d e f "Church of St Mungo, Dearham", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1144506, retrieved 13 May 2011
- ^ a b c Pastscape: Church of St Mungo, English Heritage, http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=8974, retrieved 3 April 2010
- ^ a b c d Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002) [1967], Cumberland and Westmorland, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 120–121, ISBN 0-300-09590-2
- ^ a b Dearham - St Mungo's Church, Visit Cumbria, http://www.visitcumbria.com/cm/chc5.htm, retrieved 3 April 2010
Categories:- Church of England churches in Cumbria
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
- Norman architecture
- English Gothic architecture
- 12th-century church buildings
- Buildings and structures completed in 1882
- Diocese of Carlisle
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