St. John's Chapel, Bassenthwaite, Cumberland

Description

St. John's chapel of ease, near the village, was built in 1878, at a cost of £6,000, and is an edifice of mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and a turret with spire at the south-west corner, containing 5 hemisperical gongs; the stained east window and oak reredos were erected in 1900 by Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone, of Bassenfell: the clock was made and fixed by Mr. T. M. Hartley, the chimes, striking the quarters, being supplied by Warner and Co. of London. There are sittings for 205 persons.

Church Records

The parish register of baptisms dates from the year 1603; marriages, 1687; and burials, 1573.