St Mary's Church, Penny Bridge

St Mary's Church, Penny Bridge
St Mary's Church, Penny Bridge
Location in Cumbria
Location Penny Bridge, Egton with Newland, Cumbria
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Mary, Penny Bridge
History
Dedication Saint Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Miles Thompson, E. G. Paley
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials Slate rubble
Administration
Parish Egton with Newland
Deanery Furness
Archdeaconry Westmorland with Furness
Diocese Carlisle
Province York
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Canon Gary Wemyss

St Mary's Church, Penny Bridge, is located on a site overlooking the villages of Penny Bridge and Greenodd, in the parish of Egton with Newland, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland with Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Luke, Lowick. and Holy Trinity, Colton.[1]

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History

The first church on the site was built before 1786.[2] It was a chapel of ease to Ulverston parish church. The church was built in roughcast stone; it was a long low building with a large west tower.[3] This church had round-headed windows.[2] A new, larger church was built in 1831.[3] The chancel was added in 1855–56, designed by Miles Thompson. In 1864–65 the nave was rebuilt by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, and a transept was added in about 1890. The tower was demolished in 1893, and a replacement designed by Frearson was erected in 1969.[2]

Architecture

The church is constructed in slate rubble, with red stone dressings.[2] The west front is rendered.[3] Its plan consists of a nave, a south aisle, a chancel, a south transept, with a tower at the northwest corner, and a west porch. The tower has a saddleback roof. Inside the church, the arches of the arcade are in brick. The carved wooden reredos dates from 1908. Also in the church is a painting of the Descent from the Cross. The stained glass is by William Wailes.[2] The two manual organ was built in 1866 by Wilkinson, and was moved from the west end to the chancel in 1890.[4] The lychgate is a First World War memorial.[3]

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