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All Saints Church, Boltongate

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dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the windows is stained glass dated 1864 and 1884 designed by R. B. Edmundson. On the west wall are boards dating from the 19th century that carry the
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on the south side of the chancel, there are piscinae in both transepts (indicating that they would originally have had altars); the piscina in the south transept has an
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that leads to a walkway around the parapet; the turret is surmounted by a slate-covered spire. In the south wall of the chancel is an arched priest's doorway.
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roof. This indicates that this was a fortified building, and it is said to be the only stone barrel-vaulted church in England.
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and the parapet walk. The corbels elsewhere in the nave have an uncertain function; they possibly supported the
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in style, while internally it is more Scottish with French influences. The church is built in
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Pevsner originally described the building as one of the architectural sensations of
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of uncertain function; they might have supported a wooden loft built as a refuge
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from an earlier church. The church was built to resist fire and assault. The
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The church dates mainly from the late 14th century, and it is built on a
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and Lancaster Baptist Church before being moved to Boltongate in 2000.
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has a 14th-century appearance, but may be older. Around the walls are
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nave with north and south porches and chapels forming north and south
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in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the
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over which the vault was built, or an upper floor. As well as a
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The chancel has an open timber roof. The nave has a stone
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The church had an undated organ built by the Casson
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All Saints' Church, Boltongate is located in Cumbria
54°45′22″N 3°11′55″W / 54.7560°N 3.1986°W / 54.7560; -3.1986
OS grid reference
NY 229 407
Boltongate
Cumbria
Denomination
Anglican
All Saints, Boltongate
Parish church
Materials
Limestone
sandstone
slate
Province
York
Diocese
Carlisle
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Boltongate
Cumbria
Anglican
parish church
diocese of Carlisle
fortified church
National Heritage List for England

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