St Laurence's Church, Morland

St Laurence's Church, Morland
St Laurence's Church, Morland, from the south
St Laurence's Church, Morland is located in Cumbria
St Laurence's Church, Morland
St Laurence's Church, Morland
Location in Cumbria
54°35′47″N 2°37′25″W / 54.5965°N 2.6235°W / 54.5965; -2.6235
OS grid referenceNY 598 226
LocationMorland, Cumbria
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Lawrence, Morland
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated6 February 1968
Architect(s)C. J. Ferguson, W. D. Caröe (restorations)
Architectural typeChurch
StyleAnglo-Saxon, Norman, Gothic
Specifications
MaterialsStone, slate roofs
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseCarlisle
ArchdeaconryCarlisle
DeaneryAppleby
ParishMorland
Clergy
Priest(s)Revd Stephen Tudway
Assistant priest(s)Revd Sheila Clark

St Lawrence'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. The parish of Morland includes the historic parish of Thrimby, with its church of St Mary, Little Strickland. The benefice of Morland is united, under the name North Westmorland, with the parishes of Askham and Lowther, Bampton, Bolton, Cliburn, Clifton and Brougham, Crosby Ravensworth, Shap and Great Strickland.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2] It has the only Anglo-Saxon tower in Cumbria.[3][4]

  1. ^ "St Lawrence Church, Morland". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Laurence, Morland (1226108)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 September 2012
  3. ^ A Brief History of the Building, The Leith-Lyvennet Parishes in Cumbria, retrieved 22 September 2012
  4. ^ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 531–533, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1