All Saints Church, Burton in Lonsdale

All Saints Church is in the village of Burton 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 has been united with that of St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2] It stands in High Street, opposite the site of Burton in Lonsdale Castle.[2][3]

All Saints Church,
Burton in Lonsdale
All Saints Church, Burton in Lonsdale,
from the northeast
All Saints Church,
Burton in Lonsdale
Location in North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD 651,721
LocationBurton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
Websitewww.achurchnearyou.com/burton-in-lonsdale-all-saints/ All Saints,
Burton in Lonsdale
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated24 June 1988
Architect(s)Paley and Austin
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1868
Completed1876
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone, slate roof
Administration
ParishBurton in Lonsdale
DeaneryEwecross
ArchdeaconryCraven
DioceseLeeds
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Priest(s)Revd Denis Tate

History

The church was built between 1868 and 1876, and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.[4] People note that it was seems a large church for what is a small town, but this is because it was thought the railway would come to the village and its population would expand. The first vicar of the church was Revd Frederick Binyon, father of the poet Lawrence Binyon.[5]

Architecture

All Saints is constructed in sandstone, with a slate roof. The porch is in wood, with a tiled roof. Its architectural style is Early English. The plan consists of a four-bay nave, a north aisle, a north porch, a chancel, a north vestry, and a tower occupying the position of a south transept. The tower is in three stages with buttresses. On its west side are single-light lancet windows in the bottom and middle stages. The top stage contains lancet bell openings. Around the top of the tower are corbel tables, and the tower is surmounted by a broach spire. There are two- and three-light windows in the nave, and a four-light window in the vestry. The chancel has two-light lancet windows on the north and south sides. The east window has three stepped lights, with smaller windows above. Inside the church, the arcade between the nave and aisle has a glass screen which was inserted in about 1970. In the chancel are a piscina and a double sedilia.[2] There is a ring of six bells, all cast in 1870 by John Warner and Sons.[6] The churchyard wall and gates are included in the listing.[2]

See also

References
  1. Burton-in-Lonsdale: All Saints, Burton-in-Lonsdale, Church of England, retrieved 9 June 2011
  2. Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Burton in Lonsdale (1132430)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. Burton in Lonsdale, Streetmap, retrieved 9 June 2011
  4. Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 81, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  5. Burton-in-Lonsdale Churches, burton-in-lonsdale.net, archived from the original on 23 July 2011, retrieved 9 June 2011
  6. Burton in Lonsdale, All Saints, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 9 June 2011
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