Christ Church, Lothersdale

Christ Church is the parish church of Lothersdale, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

Lothersdale was historically in the parishes of St Mary's Church, Carleton-in-Craven and St Andrew's Church, Kildwick. William Cavendish donated an acre of land for the construction of a parish church.[1] The building was designed by R. D. Chantrell and was completed in 1838. It could seat 320 worshippers, and in 1851 typically had around 100 adult worshippers each Sunday.[2] A chancel was added in 1884, and the building was grade II listed in 1988.[3]

The church is built of stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a south doorway, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. Inside, there are some low box pews and an octagonal font.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ^ Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship. York: Borthwick Institute. 2000. ISBN 9781904497103.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Christ Church, Lothersdale (1316785)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  4. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.

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