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St Michael's Church, Pennington

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prepared plans for a complete rebuilding of the church, but this was considered to be too expensive. Further plans were made that involved adding a polygonal
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is united with those of Holy Trinity, Bardsea, and St Peter, Lindal and Marton. The church is recorded in the
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listed at Grade II. It is dated 1680 and consists of an octagonal post on a square base with a square cap.
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built into the porch, and fragments of carved stones elsewhere inside the church. The octagonal
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The church stands on an ancient site, but the oldest parts of the present church are the
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chancel, a south organ chamber with an aisle, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal
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in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the
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Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012),
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List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
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and is tulip-shaped. All the stained glass was made by
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and the tower that were built in 1826–27. In 1917 the
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Church of St Michael and the Holy Angels, Pennington
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Photographs from the Furness Family History Society
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St Michael's Church, Pennington is located in Cumbria
54°11′14″N 3°07′52″W / 54.1873°N 3.1312°W / 54.1873; -3.1312
OS grid reference
SD 263,774
Pennington
Cumbria
Denomination
Anglican
St Michael, Pennington
Parish church
Architect(s)
Henry Paley
Church
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Materials
slate
Province
York
Diocese
Carlisle
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Pennington
Cumbria
Anglican

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