CHRIST CHURCH - Cockermouth - List Entry
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Description
"......HISTORY: Parish church of 1865 by William Bruce (fl. 1862-66), architect of Whitehaven; he also designed St Margaret's church at Wythop nearby (1865-66. Pevsner describes the church as 'an extraordinarily reactionary design', but its very conservatism is actually a ground of special interest. SOURCES: N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1967, p 107. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Christchurch, Sullart Street, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The church is of special historical interest because it retains the style and plan of early C19 Gothic churches, including a gallery and short chancel, which had long been unfashionable by the 1860s. * The church has retained its original external character, retains some original fittings, and is one of a minority of C19 churches that has retained its original nave galleries. * The case window is of high quality.....' -
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