St Jude's Church, Gatesgill, Raughtonhead, Cumberland

The Church of St Jude was built 1868 at the expense of the Salkeld family, local landowners, and demolished in 1968. Stone from demolition was used to build the vestry at All Saints Church in Raughton Head. Some of the original railings and boundary walls remain.

Raughtonhead (Cumberland) - The new church of St Jude’s Gatesgill has been consecrated by the Bishop of Carlisle, as a chapel of ease to the parish church of Raughtonhead. The site was presented by Colonel Salkeld, of Holm Hill, who, together with Miss Salkeld, was one of the principal promoters of the new church, and in addition to other gifts, subscribed liberally. The new church is situate upon the decent of the hill, before entering the village. The style of architecture adopted is Early English. The plan comprises nave 45 feet 6 inches by 24 feet 8 inches; with chancel 22 feet by 14 feet 6 inches. The vestry and side chapel adjoin the church and are roofed transversely. The side elevations are divided into bays by buttresses, with lancet coupled windows. On the south elevation is an entrance porch. The lower part of the west elevation is pierced by three lancet windows, with large circular window in the gable, and rising from the south-west angle is an open belfry, with slated roof, terminating in a gilt cross. The east elevation has three lancet coupled windows, filled in with stained glass. All the external walls are built with the local stones, quarry faced, relieved with tooled bands. All the gables have stone crosses or gilt terminals. The interior walls are plastered. The roofs are high pitched, open and with framed principals, stained and varnished and covered with slates of two colours, with enriched cresting. The seats are of pitch-pine, fitted with book and kneeling boards. The stalls in the chancel are moulded, also of pitch-pine. The chancel is laid with encaustic tiles, and the windows filled in with stained glass by Mr Wailes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The heating apparatus is supplied by Haden and Son of Trowbridge. All the seats are free and unappropriated, affording accommodation for 150 persons. The site is surrounded with a stone wall, crested with wrought-iron railings. The stained glass window in the chance lis a memorial window, placed there by Mr Thomas Salkeld Bramwell, in memory of his parents. The subject is the Birth, Death and Ascension of Christ, each incident occupying one of the large lancet panels. The large circular window at the west end of the church was presented by Miss Salkeld of Holm Hill. The contractors for the building were Messrs Bragg, Wilson, and Baty of Gatesgill; for the carpenter and joiner work, Mr T Ward of Raughtonhead; slating Mr Nanson, Carlisle; plumbing and glazing, Messrs Thomson and Sons, Carlisle; plastering, Messrs Johnson Brothers; ironwork, Mr Thomas Corbett, Carlisle. Mr John Lowe, of Manchester, architect, supplied the design for the building. The church was built of stone from the quarries in the neighbourhood. The outlay, including boundary wall etc. has been ,1,280. [Builder 22 January 1870 Page 73]

Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 5 September 1868 Page 8 (Contracts)
Reference    Builder 22 January 1870 Page 73