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54°12′06″N 2°49′54″W / 54.2018°N 2.8317°W / 54.2018; -2.8317
Location	Arnside, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St James, Arnside
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Miles Thompson Stephen Shaw R. Morton Rigg Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1864
Completed	1914
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Westmorland and Furness
Deanery	Kendal
Parish	St James, Arnside
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Andrew B. Norman

St James' Church is in the village of Arnside, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

History

The church originated as a small building consisting of a nave and chancel, built in 1864–66, and designed by Miles Thompson. It was extended towards the west in 1884 by Stephen Shaw, further enlarged to the north in 1905 by R. Morton Rigg. A south aisle was added in 1912–14 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley.

Architecture

The plan of the church includes a nave with a clerestory, a lean-to north aisle, a south aisle under its own roof, and a chancel. Arising from the roof of the south aisle is a pair of dormers, one higher than the other. Inside the church, the north arcade is carried on octagonal piers, and the south arcade on taller round piers. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1880 and was designed by F. Burrow of Milnthorpe. The two-manual pipe organ was built in about 1920 by Hope-Jones, and refurbished in 1993 by M. Fletcher of Halifax.

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)

References

1. St James, Arnside, Church of England, retrieved 10 April 2012
2. ^ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) , Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 116–117, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 248, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
4. Westmorland (Cumbria), Arnside, St. James (D02983), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 10 April 2012

External links

• Visit Cumbria: with photographs of the church

• Church of England church buildings in Cumbria
• Diocese of Carlisle
• Gothic Revival church buildings in England
• Gothic Revival architecture in Cumbria
• Austin and Paley buildings
• Arnside