Building Name

Catholic Church Windermere

Date
1901
Street
Lake Road
District/Town
Windermere
County/Country
Cumbria, England
Architect
Work
New build

Roman Catholic church, Lake Road, opened 1884; replaced by church of Our Lady of Windermere and St Herbert on adjacent site, built 1962-3.

WINDERMERE - The Roman Catholic Church of St. Herbert, built at Windermere, was opened on Tuesday last. The church is designed in an Early type of Gothic architecture, having nave 72 feet by 21 feet; sanctuary 21 feet by 18 feet; with sacristy, etc. — a north transept to be added when funds permit. The roof to nave is formed with dressed pitch-pine rafters framed in a pentagonal form, that to sanctuary is barrel vaulted in wood; the floors of aisles and sanctuary are laid with Walker's wood paving. The church will be seated with chairs supplied by Messrs. Jones and Willis. The walls are built of the local slate, with freestone dressings from Hexham. The west end contains a triplet window of equal height and an octagonal spirelet at the south-west angle rising to a height of 70ft. The entrance is from the north through a boldly-designed porch; and the sanctuary is lighted by a wheel window; all windows are glazed with antique glass in lead quarries from designs by the architect. The church is erected on a beautiful site, overlooking the lake, and forms a very picturesque feature in the neighbourhood. It has been built by local men, from the designs and under the superintendence of Mr. Robert Walker, architect and surveyor, of Kendal and Windermere. [Building News 4 July 1884 page 35]

Reference           Building News 4 July 1884 page 35