Pulpit - St Bartholomew - Loweswater, Cumbria - Wooden Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

Wooden pulpit in St Bartholomew's church, Loweswater.

The first mention of a place of worship at Loweswater was in 1125 in the records of St Bees Priory.

By the early 19th century the church was in a poor state of repair, and a new building was constructed on the foundations of the building which preceded it, 67 feet long and 27 feet 8 inches wide. Completed and consecrated in 1829.

The church today dates almost entirely from the year 1884, when the chapel was extensively enlarged and improved - work undertaken because a leadmine was opened at Godferhead, and a vast expansion in population was predicted. However, the mine failed, and so the population remained static. Little remains of the earlier Church, including much of the internal furniture, including a triple-decker pulpit.

The polygonal pulpit of 1884 is set upon a thick pedestal, tapered in the middle. The side panels have lancet tracery in a Gothic style, with a trefoil above two cusped arches.

Approximate age of artefact (Year): 1884 Times available for viewing: Daytime hours Entrance fee (if applicable), local currency: 0 Relevant website: Not listed

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