Kendal Parish Church - Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
N 54° 19.355 W 002° 44.682
30U E 516605 N 6019443
Kendal Parish Church also known as Holy Trinity Church is located on Kirkland in Kendal.
Waymark Code: WM13F27
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/27/2020
Views: 1
Kendal Parish Church is an Anglican Church in the Diocese of Carlisle. It is located on Kirkland near to the river at the south end of Kendal.
The church is a Grade I listed building. The description given by Historic England reads as follows;
"SD 5192 SE KENDAL KIRKLAND (East side)
11/79 Church of the Holy Trinity
24-4-51 G.V. I
Parish Church. Established by 1232 (date on indulgence issued for fabric repairs); later medieval additions. Comprehensive C19 restorations in Perpendicular style. Earlier masonry coursed, squared, rubble; later work snecked rubble. Chamfered plinths and stepped buttresses. Graduated slate roofs with gargoyles and pinnacles. Rectangular plan with double aisles; chancel and west tower incorporated internally. West porch; 1934 vestry adjoining north side not of interest. Eastern chapels of Bellingham, Parr, and Strickland families contain some fine tombs and memorials. Memorial by Flaxman on north wall; memorial to George Romney on west wall. One of widest medieval parish churches in Britain (103 ft). For detailed description, history, and plans see: J.F. Curwen "The Parish Church of Kendal" in Transactions of Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, Old Series Vol. XVI, pp.157-220; R.C.H.M. (1936), Westmorland, pp.119-122. Forms focus of churchyard group and major feature on riverside.
Listing NGR: SD5168992139"
SOURCE: (
visit link)
Kendal Parish Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is one of the widest churches in the country with the capacity for a congregation of 1100 people.
The church dates from the early thirteenth century, although it is located on the site of a much earlier church that was recorded in the Domesday Book. The shaft of an Anglican Cross in the Parr Chapel is dated at approximately AD 850.
SOURCE: (
visit link)
(
visit link)