| St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge | |
St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge, from the south
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St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge
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| OS grid reference | NY 041 060 |
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| Location | Calder Bridge, near Beckermet, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Bridget, Beckermet |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Thomas Irwin |
| Dedication | St Bridget |
| Consecrated | 24 June 1844 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 14 July 1989 |
| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1842 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Bridget, Beckermet and Ponsonby |
| Deanery | Calder |
| Archdeaconry | West Cumberland |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
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| Vicar(s) | Revd Alison Edwina Hart |
St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge, is on the north side of the A595 road in the village of Calder Bridge, near Beckermet, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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St Bridget's was built between 1840 and 1842 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.[3] It was paid for by Thomas Irwin of Calder Abbey. The church was opened for worship in May 1842, and consecrated on 24 June 1844 by Rt Revd John Bird Sumner, Bishop of Chester.[4]
The church is constructed in local red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof.[2][4][3] Its plan is cruciform,[4] with a west tower, a three-bay nave, long transepts, and a short chancel, with a north vestry, and a south organ loft. The windows are lancets and around the church are buttresses. In the tower are louvred bell-openings, a corbelled parapet and pinnacles.[2] There are clock faces on three sides of the top stage of the tower.[4] The Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, made by Powells and dated 1879, was designed by H. E. Wooldridge and H. J. Burrow.[3] The memorials in the north transept include one to Thomas Irwin and his wife.[4]