St Mary the Virgin's Church, Walney
| St Mary the Virgin's Church, Walney | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Gothic Revival | | |
| Groundbreaking | 1907 | |
| Completed | 1931 | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | York | |
| Diocese | Carlisle | |
| Archdeaconry | Westmorland and Furness | |
| Deanery | Barrow | |
| Parish | St Mary the Virgin, Walney Island | |
St Mary the Virgin's Church is located on the Promenade,
History
A church was built on the site in about 1690 replacing an earlier church. This was itself replaced in 1852–53 by a new church designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley. Its estimated cost was £520 (equivalent to £60,000 in 2021),[3] and it provided seating for 184 people. It was an aisleless chapel with an octagonal bell turret.[4] This church was again replaced in 1907–08 by the present church, designed by the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley.[5] This much larger church was made necessary by the increase in the size of the local population from about 500 in 1891 to about 5,000 in 1903.[2] The same Lancaster practice was involved again in 1930–31, when an additional bay was added to the west end of the nave together with a new vestry and a south porch at a cost of £4,597.[6] It was intended to build a tower at the crossing, but this never transpired.[7]
Architecture
The church is constructed in
See also
- List of works by Sharpe and Paley
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
References
Citations
- ^ St Mary the Virgin, Barrow-in-Furness, Walney, Church of England, retrieved 4 April 2012
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1291841)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 April 2012
- ^ 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
- ^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 216.
- ^ Brandwood et al. 2012, pp. 164, 246–247.
- ^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 252.
- ^ a b Hyde & Pevsner 2010, p. 143.
- National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 30 June 2020
Sources
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- Hyde, Matthew; ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
External links
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