Carlisle: St Paul
Overview
Grid reference: NY 404 558
The church is in a style recognisably associated with the firm of Habershon and Brock, which is characterised by big windows with busy tracery in the gabled walls , small windows in the other walls and large expanses of roof supported on fussy arrangements of tie-beams and braces.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Aisled nave of five bays, of which the eastern have small cross-gables like incipient transepts; chancel with north porch and south vestry. The north porch is the ground state of a tower which has never been completed.
Exterior Description
The windows are predictable - a large six light west window with intricate Geometrical tracery, three- light windows with less striking tracery in the west aisle walls, paired lancets in the aisle bays, paired cinquefoils as clerestory lights, a five-light east window again with busy tracery and so on. Buttresses also are stereotyped, occuring in pairs at the western corners of the aisles, singly along the north and south walls to mark each bay, much taller in pairs to divide the aisle west walls from the nave west wall, and again at the eastern corners of the chancel. The main entrance is a wide doorway beneath a gablet under the west window, but there is a subsidiary entrance in the angle of the chancel and north aisle which would have gained in importance if the tower had ever been built above it. The vestry has its own door on the south side. The only rather eccentric feature is a small gable on the north and south sides over the east bay of each aisle, which is no doubt intended to break the uniform run of aisle bays and to suggest the possible existence of transepts.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1919
The stained glass in the east window dates from 1919 and represents the Crucifixion and instruments of the Passion.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is well-lit from the large windows (for there is no stained glass save in the east window and in one small south window), and the finicky tracery of the large windows can best be appreciated from within because of the lack of stained glass. The stonework is quite dark in colour and stands out against the whitened walls. The window reveals are all plastered and painted, but the responds of the chancel arch are left bare with the usual disjointed effect as a result. The arches of the nave arcades are simply chamfered and are carried on thin cylindrical piers with square capitals with chamfered corners; they stand on high bases and are decorated with bands of incised circles near the top and bottom. The east and west responds are carved with foliage, one of which represents vine leaves and bunches of grapes with a small shrew creeping along the stem.
The roof of the nave has spandrels pierced with geometrical decorationand pointed pendants which, together with the big brackets to the tie- beams, give an almost seventeenth-century look to the construction. The tie-beams are carried on wall posts supported by tiny corbels in the area of wall above each pier of the nave arcade.
The chancel fittings are of the same period as the church. The roof and all the woodwork contrasts greatly with the pale walls. The roof is more steeply pitched than that of the nave, and has two arch braces pierced with quatrefoils which define the bays. An unusual feature is the single small lancet high above the east window, which is an echo of the pair of lancets over the chancel arch. On the south side is a doorway to the vestry and near it the pipe front of an organ.
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
The organ is an electronic instrument by Hammond.
Pulpit
c.1870
Reredos
c.1870
Churchyard
Grid reference: NY 404 558
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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