Culgaith: All Saints

Name:
Culgaith: All Saints
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
607125
Diocese:
Carlisle
Archdeaconry:
Carlisle
Parish:
All Saints, Culgaith

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Post Medieval

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints
Caption:
Exterior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of All Saints church Culgaith taken 8 September 2006
Year / Date:
2006
Copyright:
Alexander P Kapp
Originator:
Alexander P Kapp

Summary Description

Built in 1756 the church retains much of its Georgian character despite the insertion of Gothic Revival pointed arch widows to the east end and the transepts and above the entrance door during the 1896 alterations. Most of the C18th rectangular and pointed arch windows remain. The cruciform plan of the church has presented the builders with a problem of supporting the roof structure over the crossing, a problem resolved by the rather unusual and not entirely comfortable use of columns defining the north and south transepts. Although the box pews have been replaced with more conventional C19th pews evidence of the original pattern of seating can be read in the shadow line of the seating left on the remaining wall panelling. The flat ceiling is plane plastered with a deep quadrant coving at the wall junction and above the column capitals. The unusually deep column plinth stones would have made more sense with the original box pews still in place leaving the column bases visible above the visual obstruction of the boxes.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
http://www.eastofedenmc.org.uk/

Sources and Further Information

Alexander P Kapp (2006) Exterior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints
Alexander P Kapp (2011) Interior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 607125 Culgaith All Saints
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12303/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell