St Thomas' Church, Crosscrake
| St Thomas' Church, Crosscrake | |
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 St Thomas' Church, Crosscrake, from the southeast | |
  St Thomas' Church, Crosscrake Location in Cumbria | |
| Coordinates: 54°16′35″N 2°43′59″W / 54.2764°N 2.7330°W | |
| Location | Crosscrake, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Thomas, Crosscrake |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1874 |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Thomas, Crosscrake |
| Deanery | Kendal |
| Archdeaconry | Westmorland and Furness |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Ian Swift |
St Thomas' Church is in the village of Crosscrake, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Deanery of Kendal, the Archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the Diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice was united with that of St Patrick, Preston Patrick,[1] although the latter parish is now served by the Kirkby Lonsdale team ministry.
The church was built in 1874–75, and designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. It replaced an earlier church of 1773, and cost about £3,000 (equivalent to £290,000 in 2020).[2][3] The new building was supported by the Wakefield family of Sedgwick. In 1885, composer Mary Augusta Wakefield and her sister Agnes organized a music festival to raise money for St. Thomas'. The festival continues today as Mary Wakefield Westmorland Festival (but no longer supports St. Thomas').
Because of structural failure, the tower was reduced in 1944, and then removed completely in 1963. A shallow transept was made to disguise this, and a spirelet was added. The internal furnishings are also by Paley and Austin. The stained glass in the east window dates from about 1890, and is by Clayton and Bell.[4]
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- ^ St Thomas, Crosscrake, Church of England, retrieved 28 August 2011
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 228, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- ^ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 313, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
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