St Peter's Church is a parish church in Sawrey,

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; it is located in Far Sawrey. It is dedicated to

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. The church is in the Archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, in the

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. The church is of 19th-century origin and is

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History

The church was completed in 1869, to a design by a London-based architect, Robert Brass. It is the only church designed by Brass, who shortly afterwards ceased practice as an architect. It is built from local slate and sandstone, in an

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with chancel, transepts and a three-stage tower at the north-east.

Features

The stained-glass windows are by the following firms: * East window by Cox & Son depicting Christ the Good Shepherd. * Transept end windows by R.B. Edmundson & Son. * West window in the north transept by Wailes and Strang. * South wall of nave depicting St Miriam playing the timbrel and St Cecilia playing the organ. The organ is by

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, dating from 1875. In 2015 an undated chamber organ was on loan to the church and located in the north transept; it had arrived in the church from

Cark Cark (sometimes Cark in Cartmel) is a village in Cumbria, England. It lies on the B5278 road to Haverthwaite (and to the A590 road) and is ½ mile north of Flookburgh, 2 miles southwest of Cartmel and 3 miles west of Grange-over-Sands. It is ...

Methodist Church after it closed in 2005. There are two bells: one dating from 1883 by

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and the other from 1868 by Naylor, Vickers & Co. Only the Warner bell is in use.

Churchyard

There is one WWI

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in the churchyard. Two further war graves (in France) are commemorated on gravestones in the churchyard. Other burials include: * Flt Lt Johnnie Johnson DFC, one of the Dambusters airmen. * The Revd Alexander MacLeod Murray, chaplain to the Bela Camp for German and Italian POWs.

Parish

The area of the parish was originally part of the parish of

Hawkshead Hawkshead is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies within the Lake District National Park and was historically part of Lancashire. The parish includes the hamlets of Hawkshead Hill, to the north west, ...

; it became a separate parish in 1873. In 1982 it became part of a united benefice with Hawkshead, and in turn in 2003 the parishes of Rusland and

Satterthwaite Satterthwaite is a small village (and civil parishes in England, civil parish) with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead. It has a church, All Saints', and a Par ...

joined the united benefice. There is a weekly service (2024).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Peter's Church, Sawrey Church of England church buildings in Cumbria 19th-century Church of England church buildings Diocese of Carlisle Grade II listed churches in Cumbria

History

Features

Churchyard

Parish

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