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St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick, from the south
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St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick
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| OS grid reference | SD 537 835 |
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| Location | Preston Patrick, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Patrick, Preston Patrick |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Patrick |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 20 September 1985 |
| Architect(s) | Sharpe and Paley Austin, Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1852 |
| Completed | 1892 |
| Construction cost | £1,400 (£120,000 as of 2012) |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Thomas, Crosscrake |
| Deanery | Kendal |
| Archdeaconry | Westmorland and Furness |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick, is in the village of Preston Patrick, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. Although now dedicated to Saint Patrick, the church was formerly dedicated to Saint Gregory.[2] According to the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner, it stands in a position "handsomely isolated on a hill".[3]
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In 1850 the Lancaster architects Edmund Sharpe and E. G. Paley reported that the chapel on the site appeared, from its architectural design, to have been built during the reign of Henry VII (1457–1509). The architects designed a new church. Building started in 1852 and the new church opened on 28 November 1852; it cost about £1,400 (£120,000 as of 2012).[4][5] In 1892 the chancel was rebuilt by Austin, Paley and Austin, the successors of Sharpe and Paley.[6]
The church is constructed in limestone with limestone dressings in the nave, and sandstone dressings in the chancel. The roof is of slate, with a stone ridge and copings. Fabric from the earlier church is incorporated in this church consisting of a window in the tower and niches in the chancel. The architectural style is Perpendicular. The plan of the church consists of a west tower, a four-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a single-bay chancel, and a vestry. The tower is square, and in four stages that are separated by a string courses. The top stage contains bell openings in each face, and the tower is surmounted by battlemented parapets. At its southwest corner is a bell turret that rises to a higher level than the tower. In the body of the church, the west and east windows have four lights. The stained glass, which dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, includes a window on the south side of the nave by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[2] The two-manual organ was made by Wilkinson in 1891, and was overhauled in 1992.[7]