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 Cartmel Priory, Cartmel |
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| Cartmel Priory, Cartmel: listed building data | ||
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Cartmel Priory Church |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CARTMEL PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 76955 / SD3797478799" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Former Priory Church. Chancel, Piper choir, transepts, 1190-1220; Town choir c1330; nave and aisles, tower and tracery (except Town choir) 1395-1420; south porch c1613; vestry 1677. Ashlar; nave dressed stone and rubble; slate roofs. 3-bay nave has embattled parapet and recessed gable; 5-light west window with flanking deep buttresses and area wall. 2-light straight-headed clerestory windows. Aisles have 3-light west windows; south aisle has 2 windows of 3 lights and truncated buttresses, part has moulded base; 2 entrances, one with traceried door, the other in gabled porch is round-headed, of 3 orders, c1190. North aisle has traces of north cloister; early C13 entrance of 2 orders. Transepts have flat buttresses, that to north has 2 blocked north lancets, one cut by blocked entrance; upper 5-light window; lancet to west, 4-light window to east. South transept similar; parapet and recessed gable; 4-light south window with 5-light window above; good attached memorials; signs of cloister to west. Crossing tower has embattled parapet and diagonal upper stage with 4-light windows and parapet. 3-bay chancel has moulded base and flat buttresses flanking very large 9-light window; 2-light traceried straight-headed clerestory windows. Piper choir to north of 2 bays, flat buttresses, corbel table and 3-light windows; vestry to east has 3-light segmental-headed window. Town choir to south has 3-light windows, buttresses and 5-light east window with 2 blocked lights. Interior: 3-bay plain nave arcades. Crossing arches have clustered shafts to piers, choir has 2-bay round-headed arcades and continuous arcading to triforium. C17 collar rafter roofs, but quadripartite vault to Piper choir and- Cl9 roofs to crossing and Town choir. C15 stalls with good misericords; early cl7 canopies and screens. Harrington tomb, originally free standing, now in arch on south side of chancel; cutting sedilia, c1347, 2 recumbent effigies, arcading and figures, painted ceiling. Many other memorials of interest. Medieval grave slabs in Piper choir and chancel, recumbent effigy of canon c1340 in Town choir, slab to Prior William c1292 in chancel. Dame Katherine Lowther (died 1700) and Sir Thomas Lowther (died 1745), wall memorials in Town choir; other wall memorials in south transept are of interest. Many C17 and C18 grave slabs in floor. Lord Frederick Cavendish (died 1881) by T Woolner, marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. Preston Family, 1646, painted board. C19 pulpit and font, also C17 font with cover dated 1645. Stained glass, early C15, some figures to east window, Town choir and porch. An important survival of a medieval monastic church, the Harrington Tomb and choir screen and canopies are works of major importance. See V.C.H., Vol.8, p254 ff; Pevsner, BoE: North Lancs:> pp86-90; J.C. Dickinson, The Land of Cartmel, p16 ff." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Fryers Monument; Thompson Monument; Turner Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRYERS, THOMPSON AND TURNER MONUMENTS APPROXIMATELY 22 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76959 / SD3799178773" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "3 chest tombs in group. Late C18. Ashlar. Thompson tomb has simple base, fluted pilaster strips to angles and centres of sides; incised ovals to sides and ends. Records William (died 1754), Judith (died 1764) and their children. Top cracked. To south, chest tomb has balusters to angles and incised lozenges to sides and end; top has hollow-chamfered edge and round relief design; now worn but probably an armorial bearing. Records James Fryers (died 1753). To west of Thompson tomb a chest tomb, simple base, fluted pilaster strips to angles and centre of sides, rectangular fielded panels to sides and ends. Top has hollow-chamfered edge. Records Edward (mariner) and Elizabeth Turner and their son Thomas." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Dixon Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DIXON MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76965 / SD3799178772" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Gravestone. 1788. Ashlar. Vertical slab with concave on upper angles. Records Rowland Dixon of Ingleton." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Fletcher Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FLETCHER MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76960 / SD3799178766" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Chest tomb. 1752. Ashlar. Incised rectangles to sides and ovals to ends. Records Elizabeth Fletcher and her infant daughter. Inscription records its restoration by Henry Fletcher Rigg, 1875." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Grayson Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GRAYSON MEMORIALS APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76961 / SD3798278766" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "2 chest tombs. Late C18. Ashlar. Both tombs have nook balusters to angles and tops with rounded edges and relief designs with skull and cross bones and winged hour glass. That to north records Robert, mariner (died 1739), Elizabeth (died 1749) and their children. That to south records Jane Grayson (died 1782) and Mary Bere (died 1793)." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Goad Memorial; Hall Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GOAD AND HALL MEMORIALS APPROXIMATELY 47.5 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76966 / SD3797978771" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Chest tomb and gravestone. Late C18. Late C18. Ashlar and stone rubble. Chest tomb has balusters to angles and centres of sides; rubble infill. Records John Goad, mariner (died 1782) and Ann Goad (died 1758). To east, vertical slab with shaped top. Records Richard Hall (died 1789) and David Bayliff, stonemason (died 1836)." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Maychell Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MAYCHELL MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 27.5 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76962 / SD3797678770" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Table tomb. 1791. Ashlar. Slab has hollow chamfered edges and 4 short balusters. Records James Maychell." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LAMPPOST APPROXIMATELY 5.5 METRES TO NORTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76956 / SD3797378826" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Lamppost. Probably C19. Cast iron. Fluted column has cross arms and lantern, which has cylindrical top flue with cap; glazing replaced by reinforced plastic panels." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "REMAINS OF CROSS APPROXIMATELY 60 METRES SOUTH OF THE PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76967 / SD3797078727" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Cross base. Probably early C15. Stone. Octagonal base of 2 steps, the lower one chamfered, the upper one moulded. Part of cross shaft, octagonal with worn ornament to 4 sides. Top has sockets possibly for sundial." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Taylor Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TAYLOR MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 29.5 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76963 / SD3796878771" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Gravestone. 1786. Ashlar. Vertical slab with curved top. Records Rev William Taylor, fellow of Emmanuel College and master of Hawkshead School; his most famous pupil was William Wordsworth. The inscription concludes with a verse." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- Jackson Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "JACKSON MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 33.5 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76964 / SD3796878762" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Chest tomb, Late C18. Ashlar. Plain chest. Top is damaged and records Ann Jackson, wife of Thomas, Master Mariner, died 1789, and her son William, died 1789. End panel records Elizabeth, died 1790." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Muchall Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MUCHALL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76957 / SD3796478786" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Gravestone. Late C18. Vertical slab has raised centre to top. Records John Muchall, mariner (died 1781) and others." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Newby Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "NEWBY MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH OF PRIORY CHURCH / / / LOWER ALLITHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76958 / SD3795878784" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Chest tomb. Late C18. Ashlar. Sides have incised lozenges. Top has rounded edges. Records James (died 1778), Elizabeth (died 1779) and their children." |
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