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St Mary's Church, Dalton-in-Furness

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decoration on the parapets of the tower and south chapel, above the porches, and over the east and west windows. Along the south aisle are buttresses, and two pairs of four-light windows. The south porch is hexagonal, and the north porch is three-sided. The chancel has a six-light east window, above
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and shields. There are fragments of stained glass dating from the early 16th century in the north porch. On the north side of the church is a window from the earlier church, dated 1862, made by
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and built by James Garden. Webster's east window was reused in the north aisle of the new church. In 1979–80 a parish centre was built adjacent to the church and linked to it by its south porch.
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who each gave £1,000. The church provided seating for about 700 people, replacing an earlier church built on the site in 1825–26 and 1830 designed by
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organ was built in 1905 by Ainscough, and restored in 1973 by Pendlebury. Further modification have subsequently been made. There is a
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The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1138. The present church was built in 1884–85 to a design by the
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of ten bells with a tenor weight of 21cwt 0qr 21 lbs (1104 kg) in D all cast in 1927 by
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and a south chapel, and a west tower above the west end of the nave. Its architectural style is
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has been combined with that of St Peter, Ireleth-with-Askam. The church is recorded in the
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in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the
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period. It is octagonal with a goblet-shaped bowl, and is carved with
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Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012),
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Grade II* listed buildings in Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
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under separate roofs, north and south porches, a two-bay
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St Mary's Church, Dalton-in-Furness, from the southeast
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which is a slit window and a cross on the apex of the
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In the churchyard is a slate graveslab standing on a
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St Mary's Church, Dalton-in-Furness is located in Cumbria
54°09′18″N 3°11′13″W / 54.1549°N 3.1870°W / 54.1549; -3.1870
OS grid reference
SD 226,739
Dalton-in-Furness
Cumbria
Denomination
Anglican

Parish church
Architect(s)
Paley and Austin
Church
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Materials
Sandstone
slate
Province
York
Diocese
Carlisle
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Dalton-in-Furness
Cumbria

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