St Laurence's Church, Morland
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St Laurence's Church, Morland, from the south
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 St Laurence's Church, Morland
Location in Cumbria
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| Coordinates: 54°35′47″N 2°37′25″W / 54.5965°N 2.6235°W | |
| OS grid reference | NY 598 226 |
| Location | Morland, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Lawrence, Morland |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 6 February 1968 |
| Architect(s) | C. J. Ferguson, W. D. Caröe (restorations) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Gothic |
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| Materials | Stone, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Morland |
| Deanery | Appleby |
| Archdeaconry | Carlisle |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Revd Stewart Fyfe |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | David Jones |
| Director of music | David Jones |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sheila Clark, Patti Dawson |
| Parish administrator | Jean Scott |
St Laurence's Church is in the village of Morland, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Thrimby, St Barnabas, Great Strickland, and St Cuthbert, Cliburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It has the only Anglo-Saxon tower in Cumbria.
The precise date of the tower is uncertain, but it has been dated to between 1041 and 1055. It was raised in height in 1588, and the small spire was added later. The nave dates from the 12th century, and includes some Norman features. The aisles were added later in that century, followed by the chancel and transepts during the next century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1600, and the north aisle in the 18th century. The church was restored in 1896 by C. J. Ferguson, and work was carried out in the 20th century by W. D. Caröe.
The church is constructed in rubble stone, with slate roofs, and a short lead-covered spire on top of the tower. It has a cruciform plan, consisting of a three-bay nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, north and south transepts, a chancel, a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower dates from before the Norman conquest, and is in three stages. It has no buttresses or external doors, and its windows are very small. The bell openings are deeply set with baluster mullions. On the west side of the tower is a blue clock face. In the transepts are 13th-century lancet windows. The windows on the south side of the chancel, and the east window, have four lights and are Perpendicular in style. The windows along the side of the north aisle are Georgian with keystones. The south porch is gabled, with stone benches inside. The inner doorway dates from the 13th century, and has a pointed arch.
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