St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme
| St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Gothic Revival | | |
| Groundbreaking | 1897 | |
| Completed | 1899 | |
| Construction cost | £3,000 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Blackburn | |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster | |
| Deanery | Lancaster and Morecambe | |
| Parish | St Mark, Dolphinholme | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | Revd Cindy J. Rigney | |
| Laity | ||
| Reader(s) | Anne Brigg | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Catherine Helm Ruth Chapman | |
| Parish administrator | Ms D. Entwistle | |
St Mark's Church is in the village of
Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, and St Peter, Quernmore.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
St Mark's was built between 1897 and 1898 to a design by the
consecrated on 25 January 1899.[4]
Architecture
The church is constructed in
weathervane. Along the wall of the aisle are four two-light windows. The porch contains a pointed doorway under a gable with a cross finial. The north and south sides of the chancel each contain a two-light window. The east window has five lights. Along the south wall of the nave are three windows, two with three lights, the other with two lights. To the west of these is a doorway with a pointed head.[2]
Inside the church is a three-bay arcade carried on octagonal piers. The chancel contains a piscina with a trefoil head.[2] The font has a cover dated 1910. The stained glass dates from the 20th century, and depicts Saint Mark and Saint Peter.[3] The two-manual organ was built in 1927 by R. G. Phillips of Preston.[6]
The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner wrote that "one would have to search far and search long in England to find village churches to vie with" this and two other Austin and Paley churches, Torver and Finsthwaite.[7]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and an airman of World War II.[8]
See also
- Listed buildings in Ellel, Lancashire
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
References
- ^ a b St Mark, Dolphinholme, Church of England, retrieved 12 January 2012
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Mark, Dolphinholme (1317860)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 January 2012
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- ^ 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 11 June 2022
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 29 June 2020
- ISBN 0300096178.
- ^ DOLPHINHOLME (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 13 February 2013
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