Architectural
Gems
Architectural
Gems
Lake District Historic Buildings
& Architectural Gems
Keswick Church of St John the Evangelist
“Even in the geological showcase of Keswick, its pink Lamonby aslar is outstanding.”
Mirehouse, Bassentwaite
“The situation is poetic… the house is low and spreading, neither grand nor formal as major family seats go, but memorable for its literary and artistic associations.”
Cockermouth, Wordsworth House
“… the Trust to present, very successfully, a living house of the period, without ropes or signs.”
Workington, St Michael's Church
“It is unusual…to see such unstinted large – scale design with plenty of figures and direct biblical storytelling. The Annunciation in the Lady Chapel is particularly effective.”
Maryport, Fleming Square
“The houses are individual and modest, conforming to a pleasant Cumbria language of colourwashing with contrasting window surrounds.”
Aspatria, St Kentigern's churchyard
” … a replica of the Gosforth Cross set up in 1887. A valuable piece in its own right. It was made as an experiment by the antiquarian vicar W S Calverley.”
Wigton, George Moore Memorial
“The crux of the town… Reliefs by Thomas Woolner in aluminium bronze… Pevsner judged them very good, still with classical discipline, but also with genuine feeling.”
Silloth, Christ Church
“Local sandstone contrasts with granite… in regular chequers on the buttresses…and ashlar dressing elsewhere. Good fittings, all presumably by the architects.”
