St Mungo's Church, Dearham

St Mungo's Church is in the village of

St Mungo's dates from the late 12th century, and the chancel was added in the 13th century.[3] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was of the opinion that the Norman features, including the south door and some windows, date from about 1170–90, and that the tunnel vault in the lowest stage of the tower is also from this period or "a little later".^[4] The north aisle was added by C. J. Ferguson in 1882.^[2]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in sandstone with green slate roofs.^[2] The foundations incorporate stones from former Roman buildings.^[3] Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle and south porch, and a two-bay chancel at a lower level. At the west end is a square tower in three storeys. It has a two-light west window and two-light bell openings, and other small windows on each face.^[2] It is possible that this was a pele tower.^[3] The roofs have coped gables and cross finials. In the nave and the aisle the windows date from the 19th century, while the windows in the chancel are original; also in the chancel is a priest's doorway. Medieval graveslabs are built into the wall of the aisle.^[2][5]

Interior

The

• Grade I listed churches in Cumbria
• Listed buildings in Dearham

References

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