St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh

St John the Evangelist's Church
St John the Evangelist's Church
	St John's Church from the south
	St John the Evangelist's Church Location in Allerdale, Cumbria St John the Evangelist's Church Location in Cumbria, England
	54°53′08″N3°15′02″W / 54.8855°N 3.2506°W
OS grid reference	NY 198 552
Location	Newton Arlosh, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Newton Arlosh, St John
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1303
Founder(s)	Holm Cultram Abbey
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	1 April 1967
Architectural type	Church
Style	Fortified
Groundbreaking	1303
Completed	1894
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone with cobbles
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Carlisle
Deanery	Carlisle
Parish	St John, Newton Arlosh
Clergy
Rector	Canon Bryan Rothwell

Last updated December 09, 2024

St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Newton Arlosh, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.^[1] It was built as a fortified church, one of a number of such buildings near the Scottish border. It was restored and extended in the 19th century. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[2]

History

St John's was built in 1303 by the monks of nearby Holm Cultram Abbey in Abbeytown.^[3] It was granted a licence to crenellate on 11 April 1304. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the church remained in ruins until it was restored and extended by Sara Losh in 1844.^[2] The extension involved the building of a chancel at right angles to the north of the nave. In 1894 the church was further restored and refurnished.^[2]

Architecture

Exterior

The original church was built in large red sandstone blocks mixed with cobbles and the extension is in red sandstone; all the roofs are covered in sandstone slates, other than the lead on the roof of the tower. Its plan consists of a square fortified west tower with very thick walls, and a two-bay fortified nave. Extending to the north is a two-bay chancel with an apsidal vestry on its east wall.^[2] There is no external entrance to the tower; it is entered from the interior of the church at the level of the first floor. Its ground level is barrel vaulted.^[4] Inside the tower a stone spiral staircase leads to a chamber on the upper floor containing a fireplace. All the windows in the tower are arrow-slits, some of them original and some from the Victorian restoration. The upper part of the tower has been restored; it has a battlemented parapet and, on the south side a projecting turret on corbels. In the south wall of the nave is a narrow doorway and more arrow-slit windows. The chancel has a round-arched doorway and lancet windows; in the vestry are round-headed windows.^[2] Standing on the ridge of the nave roof towards its east end is a carved eagle by Sarah Losh.^[3]

Interior

There is further work by Sarah Losh inside the church. On the east wall of the nave, flanking the position of the original altar are corbels in the shape of rams' heads. Also by her is the lectern with a base of bog oak, and another base in the form of a palm tree that was intended to form part of the pulpit. The oldest item of furniture is the font, brought from Holm Cultram Abbey.^[3] It dates from the 13th century and consists of an octagonal bowl with crocketed gables on a fragmentary stem.^[2]

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References

↑ St John the Evangelist, Newton Arlosh, Church of England , retrieved 3 April 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Holme East Waver (1212611)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 18 May 2012
1 2 3 Newton Arlosh - St John's Church, Visit Cumbria, retrieved 3 April 2010
↑ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 554–555, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1

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[1] St John the Evangelist, Newton Arlosh, Church of England , retrieved 3 April 2010

[images-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Holme East Waver (1212611)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 18 May 2012

[visit-3] 1 2 3 Newton Arlosh - St John's Church, Visit Cumbria, retrieved 3 April 2010

[4] Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 554–555, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1

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v t e Churches in the Deanery of Solway
Benefice of Allonby	Christ, Allonby St John, Crosscanonby St Mungo, Dearham
Benefice of Aspatria	St James, Hayton St Kentigern, Aspatria St Mary, Gilcrux
Benefice of Camerton	St Paul, Seaton St Peter, Camerton
Benefice of Harrington and Distington	Holy Spirit, Distington St Mary, Harrington
Benefice of Maryport	All Souls, Netherton St Mary, Maryport St Nicholas, Flimby
Benefice of Solway Plain	Christ, Siloth St Bride, Kirkbride St Cuthbert, Holme St John, Newton Arlosh St Mary, Abbeytown St Matthew, Westnewton St Mungo, Bromfield
Benefice of Westfield	St Mary, Westfield
Benefice of Workington	St John, Workington St Michael, Workington