St Anne's Church, Thwaites

St Anne's Church, Thwaites
St Anne's Church, Thwaites, from the south
St Anne's Church, Thwaites Location in Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°15′31″N 3°15′48″W / 54.2587°N 3.2633°W / 54.2587; -3.2633
OS grid reference	SD 178,855
Location	Thwaites, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Anne, Thwaites
History
Dedication	Saint Anne
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	14 June 1989
Architect(s)	E. G. Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1854
Specifications
Materials	Stone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings Slated roofs
Administration
Parish	St. Anne Thwaites
Deanery	Millon
Archdeaconry	Furness
Diocese	Carlisle
Province	York

St Anne's Church is in the village of Thwaites, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Millon, the archdeaconry of Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St George, Millom, Holy Trinity, Millom, and St Luke, Haverigg. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

The church replaced a chapel of ease on the other site of the road, which was built in 1721 and consecrated in 1725. This church was built in 1853–54, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, at a cost of £1,678 (equivalent to £140,000 as of 2015). It was consecrated on 16 June 1854 by the bishop of Chester.

St Anne's is constructed in stone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. It is roofed with large slates. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, a south aisle, a chancel, and a north vestry. On the east end of the nave is a bellcote. There are cross finials on the east and west gables. At the west end there are three two-light windows under a rose window. Along the north wall of the nave and the south wall of the aisle are two-light windows containing plate tracery. The clerestory windows are quatrefoils in roundels. The east window in the chancel consists of a triple lancet window, there are three lancets on the south side of the chancel, and one on the north. The vestry has a three-light north window, and a single-light window and doorway to the east.