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St Anne's Church, Thwaites
St Anne's Church, Thwaites, from the south
St Anne's Church, ThwaitesLocation in Cumbria
54°15′31″N 3°15′48″W / 54.2587°N 3.2633°W / 54.2587; -3.2633
OS grid reference	SD 178,855
Location	Thwaites, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Anne, Thwaites
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Anne
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	14 June 1989
Architect(s)	E. G. Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1854
Specifications
Materials	Stone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings Slated roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Furness
Deanery	Millom
Parish	St. Anne Thwaites

St Anne's Church is in the village of Thwaites, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Millom, the archdeaconry of Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St George, Millom, Holy Trinity, Millom, and St Luke, Haverigg. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church replaced a chapel of ease on the other site of the road, which was built in 1721 and consecrated in 1725. This church was built in 1853–54, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, at a cost of £1,678 (equivalent to £200,000 as of 2023). It was consecrated on 16 June 1854 by the bishop of Chester.

Architecture

Exterior

St Anne's is constructed in stone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. It is roofed with large slates. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, a south aisle, a chancel, and a north vestry. On the east end of the nave is a bellcote. There are cross finials on the east and west gables. At the west end there are three two-light windows under a rose window. Along the north wall of the nave and the south wall of the aisle are two-light windows containing plate tracery. The clerestory windows are quatrefoils in roundels. The east window in the chancel consists of a triple lancet window, there are three lancets on the south side of the chancel, and one on the north. The vestry has a three-light north window, and a single-light window and doorway to the east.

Interior

Inside the church, the south arcade is carried on circular piers. The stone reredos dates from 1863, and has marble colonnettes. All the stained glass is by William Wailes, other than a north window in the nave dated 1914 by Powells. The stone font and pulpit were carved by George Henry Redpath Young of Ulverston in 1854 at a cost of £34.10s having been commissioned by Elizabeth Lewthwaite, gentlewoman of Broadgate.

See also

• Listed buildings in Millom Without
• List of works by Sharpe and Paley

References

1. St Anne, Thwaites, Church of England, retrieved 21 May 2011
2. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Anne, Millom Without (1336038)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 June 2011
3. 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 7 May 2024
4. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 58, 216, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
5. St Anne's, Thwaites, retrieved 1 June 2011 – via National Archives
6. ^ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) , Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 638, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1

External links

• Photographs in Visit Cumbria

• Church of England church buildings in Cumbria
• Diocese of Carlisle
• Grade II listed churches in Cumbria
• Gothic Revival church buildings in England
• Gothic Revival architecture in Cumbria
• Churches completed in 1854
• E. G. Paley buildings