St Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune, Cumbria

Address:
Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5ED
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Opening times:
Open daily from 10am - 4pm. For further information please contact the Local Community Officer via email [email protected]
  • Bellcote at St Gregory's, Vale of Lune
  • In the porch of St Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune, is a Peace Angel in stained glass, probably by Morris & Co.
  • The glass depicts river scenes, trees and plants, as well as birds and animals found locally.
  • This beautiful stained glass is by Frederick George Smith.
  • The wooden Arts and Crafts furnishings were perhaps made by the estate carpenters from Ingmire Hall from local oak trees.
  • From the outside the building is certainly plain, often mistaken for a barn, but its interior is quite special, particularly as a result of its Arts and Crafts stained glass and woodwork.
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A railway church

This chapel was built in the early 1860s by the Upton family, when the London and North Western Railway was building its Ingleton branch and sent a Scripture Reader to the navvies.

Attached to a cottage, it is a plain building perhaps designed by a railway engineer; but inside a delightful and colourful series of stained glass windows by Frederick George Smith depict river scenes, trees and plants, as well as birds and animals found locally. These were installed in about 1900 when the church was refurnished.

Your support and generosity is what helps us keep the doors to these special places open. We could not do it without you.If you would like to donate to the upkeep and maintenance of St Gregory’s please text VAL to 70970 to donate £5 or to 70191 to give £10 every donation really does make a difference to these beautiful churches.

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