Church

St Mark, Cautley

St Mark, Cautley

St Mark’s at Cautley, in the dale north of Sedbergh, Cumbria, is a Grade II church of 1847 by William Butterfield, in the Diocese of Carlisle.

Location
Cautley, Cumbria
Country
England
County
Cumbria
City / town
Cautley
Address
Cautley, Cautley, Cumbria, LA105LZ
Postcode
LA10 5LZ
Built
1847
Architect
William Butterfield
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Mark
Diocese
Carlisle
Parish
Cautley
Grade
II
Style
Decorated Gothic Revival
Materials
Mixed random rubble with freestone dressings, graduated green slate roof
Grid reference
SD 691 945
Opening hours
Open 24 hours a day.

Overview

Historic England records a church of 1847 by William Butterfield in a simple Decorated style: nave with west bellcote, south porch, chancel and north vestry, of mixed random rubble with freestone dressings and a graduated green slate roof. The design is described as simple but boldly modelled, with a wagon roof of scissor-braced common rafters. Listed Grade II on 15 March 1983 (NHLE 1384094). The church was built to serve Cautley, a sparsely populated dale running north from Sedbergh towards Kirkby Stephen, and marked 175 years in 2022. It is in the Western Dales Mission Community in the Diocese of Carlisle.

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