St Columba's Church, Warcop
| St Columba's Church, Warcop | |
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West end of St Columba's Church, Warcop
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 St Columba's Church, Warcop
Location in Cumbria
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| Coordinates: 54°32′10″N 2°23′56″W / 54.5360°N 2.3988°W | |
| OS grid reference | NY 743 157 |
| Location | Warcop, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Columba, Warcop |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Columba |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 12 September 1957 |
| Architect(s) | J. S. Crowther (chancel) |
| Architectural type | Church |
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Norman, Gothic, Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1855 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
St Columba's Church is in the village of Warcop, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Michael, Brough, St Stephen, Stainmore, and St Theobald, Musgrave. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. On Saint Peter's Day, 29 June, each year the church hosts a rushbearing ceremony.
The church stands on the site of a former Roman camp, and in the medieval era was owned by Shap Abbey. It dates from the 12th century, with later alterations and additions. The chancel was rebuilt in 1854–55 by J. S. Crowther. The bellcote on the west gable has been rebuilt more than once. In the 1680s it was a triple bellcote; it is now double, and was last rebuilt in 2006.
St Columba's is constructed in red sandstone with a slate roof, and has a cruciform plan. The plan consists of a nave, a south aisle, a south porch, north and south transepts, and a chancel. The north wall of the nave is Norman. At the west end of the church is a bellcote in the form of a turret, and adjacent to the south door is a "huge emergency buttress". The north transept is in Early English style. The windows in the nave and the aisle are in Perpendicular style, and the 19th-century chancel is Early English, with three widely spaced lancet windows at the east end. The buttresses around the chancel are semi-octagonal in plan, and have square tops.
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