Holy Trinity Church, Howgill Explained

Holy Trinity Church, Howgill
Pushpin Map:Cumbria
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Label Position:left
Map Caption:Location in Cumbria
Country:England
Coordinates:54.3495°N -2.565°W
Osgraw:SD 633 950
Consecrated Date:29 October 1838
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade II
Designated Date:14 June 1984
Completed Date:1838
Materials:Rubble with sandstone dressings and a slate roof
Parish:Howgill
Deanery:Kendal
Archdeaconry:Westmorland and Furness
Province:York
Vicar:Revd Andy Burgess (2022–) Revd Andy McMullon (2020)

Holy Trinity Church stands in a country lane near the hamlet of Howgill, between Sedbergh and Tebay, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and the Anglican Diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built in 1838 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. It replaced a small chapel on the other side of Chapel Back that dated back to about 1685. The main person responsible for its creation was Revd Isaac Green, the second master at Sedbergh School, and incumbent of the parish. The land was given by Stephen Sedgwick. The new church was consecrated on 29 October 1838 by the Rt Revd Charles Longley, Bishop of Ripon.

Architecture

Holy Trinity Church has a simple design in Early English style; it is built in rubble with sandstone dressings and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a short chancel. The west front is gabled with buttresses at the corners; it contains three windows and a doorway, and above it is a bellcote. On both the north and south sides are six lancet windows, with a buttress between the first and second windows from the west on each side. The chancel is slightly lower than the nave. It has one window on each side, and a triple lancet window at the east end. Internally there is a west gallery, box pews and a panelled font.

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