Church of St Cuthbert, Kirkleatham

Heritage listing

Details REDCAR KIRKLEATHAM NZ 52 SE 4/52 Church of St. Cuthbert 23.6.52 G.V. I Church c.1763, by Robert Corney (Coatham), architect and builder; lower part of tower 1731; late C18 porch; vestry 1855. On site of Anglo-Saxon church; adjoining mausoleum of 1740 q.v. Vertically-tooled sandstone ashlar; dressed sandstone to lower 3 stages of tower. Roofs of Lakeland slate, lead and felt. Palladian style. West tower; aisled nave with south porch; chancel with north tomb chamber and vestry. 4-stage tower has chamfered plinth, and vice and buttress in angles between tower and nave. 4-panel door in north face; circular west window with plain surround, below round-headed window with keystone, both with leaded glazing. Top stage has chamfered quoins and louvred round-headed bell openings with keystones. Cornice on consoles, under straight parapet with obelisk angle finials, each on 4 spheres. 4-bay nave with projecting porch in western bay. 3-panel double doors in architrave with double keystone, under pediment on consoles. Straight parapet with moulded copings; flat roof. Porch obscures lower part of taller, pedimented doorway in round-headed recess. Round-headed windows with plain inset surrounds and aprons, in tall recesses with moulded impost bands. Early C20 leaded glazing. Blocked north doorway holds similar window. Nave and chancel have plinth, chamfered quoins, modillioned eaves cornice and parapet with moulded copings. 3-bay chancel has blind round-headed niches flanking central round-headed recess with moulded impost bands, holding doorway with architrave and double keystone under pediment on consoles, now holding mid C20 window. Similar recess in east wall holds Ionic Venetian window; pedimented gable. Hipped mansard roof on nave. Lean-to tomb chamber and flat-roofed ve

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.