St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale

St Oswald's Church is in the village of Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with that of All Saints, Burton in Lonsdale.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2]

St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale
St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale, from the southwest
St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale
Location in North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD 686,736
LocationThornton in Lonsdale,
North Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Oswald,
Thornton in Lonsdale
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated20 February 1958
Architect(s)Paley and Austin,
Austin and Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic, Gothic Revival
Completed1935
Administration
ParishThornton in Lonsdale
DeaneryEwecross
ArchdeaconryCraven
DioceseLeeds
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Denis Tate

History

The tower dates from the 15th century.[2] In 1868–70 the church, other than the tower and three Norman arches, was rebuilt in Perpendicular style by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.[3][4] This cost £5,000 (equivalent to £480,000 as of 2019),[5] and was paid for from the will of Felix Slade, after whom the Slade School of Fine Art was named, and who had lived in a house nearby.[4] The church was damaged by a fire in February 1933, and was rebuilt in 1934–35 by Austin and Paley at a cost of about £9,000.[6]

Architecture

The church is constructed in limestone rubble with sandstone dressings, and has Westmorland slate roofs. The plan consists of a four-bay nave, north and south aisles with chapels, a two-bay chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet. It has a west doorway with a pointed arch, over which is a three-light window. Above this is small ogee-headed window. The bell openings have two lights. The tower is surmounted by a 19th-century pyramidal spire and a lead finial. The windows on the sides of the church have two or three lights, and the east window has four lights with trefoil heads. Inside the church, some of the arcades have pointed arches, while others are in Norman style. The earliest memorials in the church are to the Redmayne family, dating from 1678.[2]

See also

References
  1. Thornton-in-Lonsdale: St Oswald, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, Church of England, retrieved 20 July 2011
  2. Historic England, "Church of St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale (1252730)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 June 2012
  3. Price 1998, p. 87.
  4. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 223.
  5. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 2 February 2020
  6. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 254.
Bibliography
  • Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  • 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
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