Saint John Evangelist window, (detail). Holy Trinity Church, Chapel Stile, Langdale. Lake District National Park, Cumbria.


Holy Trinity Church stands at the foot of Silver How, looking out over the village of Chapel present Church was built in 1857-8 to a design by Cory and Ferguson of Carlisle. The style is decorated Gothic, prominent throughout Britain in the 14th Century, and a favourite style with the Victorian neo-gothic revivalists. Before the Church was built, services took place in Grasmere, The Church is built of local slate, a metamorphic grey-green rock of hard, enduring quality. Contrasting sandstone was chosen for the window surrounds and architraves.


Size: 3050px × 5600px
Location: Holy Trinity Church, Chapel Stile, Langdale. Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
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