Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham

Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham
Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham
Location in Lancashire
OS grid reference SD 654 654
Location Tatham Fell, Lancashire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Churchmanship Central
Website The Good Shepherd, Tatham Fells, Lowgill
History
Dedication Good Shepherd
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 24 February 1986
Architect(s) Paley and Austin
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1889
Construction cost £1,200
Specifications
Materials Sandstone, stone slate roof
Administration
Deanery Tunstall
Archdeaconry Lancaster
Diocese Blackburn
Province York
Laity
Reader Mary Winter, Peter Osborne,
Ann Dawson
Churchwarden(s) John Wilson,
Carole Butcher
Parish administrator S. Mason

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham, is located on Tatham Fell in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Wilfrid, Melling, St John the Baptist, Tunstall, St Peter, Leck, St James, Tatham, and Holy Trinity, Wray, to form the benefice of East Lonsdale.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]

Contents

History

A church has stood on the site since at least 1577, and possibly earlier.[1] The present church was built in 1888–89, and designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.[3] It cost £1,200 (£100,000 as of 2012).[1][4]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in sandstone rubble, and has a stone slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel, a central tower, a vestry on the north side of the tower, and a south porch. Other than the east window, all the windows have round heads. On the north side of the nave are two two-light windows and on the south side is one three-light window. The west window has two lights and contains Perpendicular tracery. On the south side of the chancel is one single-light window and one with two lights. The east window has a pointed head and four lights, with Perpendicular tracery. The tower has buttresses on its north and south walls. On its south side is a two-light window. The bell openings have a single light with a trefoil head, and are louvred. At the top of the tower is a pyramidal roof behind a coped parapet.[2]

Interior

The lectern dates from the late 19th century, and incorporates 17th-century carving. The stained glass is by Shrigley and Hunt. The east window dates from about 1905 and depicts the Good Shepherd. The west window dates from 1909. The monuments include an oval slate slab from the older church dated 1795. Also in the church are the painted royal arms of George III, and Commandment and Creed boards dating from the late 18th century.[5] The single-manual organ (without pedals) was made by Watson Lever and Company. It was restored in 1980 by R. D and E. H. Holmes.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c The Good Shepherd, Tatham Fells, Lowgill, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/tatham-fells-the-good-shepherd/, retrieved 8 October 2011 
  2. ^ a b "Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1362587, retrieved 8 October 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 
  4. ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
  5. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 665, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9 
  6. ^ Lancashire, Tatham Fells, Church of Good Shepherd (R00773), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00773, retrieved 8 October 2011