Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria - St. Martin's Parish Church - postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Windermere Parish Church, St. Martins
• Publisher:  none given - possibly the church
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St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.^[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

A church has been present on the site since at least 1203. This was originally a chapel of ease to the mother church at Kendal. The church burnt down in 1480, only the font, the base of the tower, and one door surviving.^[3] A new church was built and was consecrated in 1483,^[3] at which time it became a parish church in its own right.^[4] Amongst the benefactors was a local carrier named Bellman, who is said to have provided the lead for the roof. The church at this time had a simple plan, consisting of a nave with aisles, and a west tower. It contained box pews, a rood loft, a three-decker pulpit and, by 1812, a west gallery. On the walls and roof beams were murals and painted biblical texts.^[3]

In 1870 the church was restored by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. The benefactors at this time included the local industrialist and politician Henry Schneider.^[4] Paley and Austin extended the chancel, raised the tower, to which they added a saddleback roof, and replaced the seating.^[3][4] During the restoration, painted inscriptions that had been covered in whitewash were rediscovered. Around this time murals were painted on the walls by Henry Hughes of London, who also restored the east window.^[3] In 1911 a vestry was added at the northeast, designed by W. L. Dolman; this was made into a chapel in 1922 by Dolman, paid for by Sir William Forwood.^[3][4] Later in the 20th century, pews were removed from the back of the church to make a social area, and the choir vestry was made into a children's wing. At the turn of the millennium a glass screen was inserted in the tower arch, creating the Tower Room.^[3]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cumberland/ westmorland

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted