Belfry. Church of Saint John. Cowgill, Dentdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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The Church of Saint John the Evangelist was formerly known as Kirkthwaite Chapel, Dentdale or Cowgill Chapel, The Church was built in 1837-8. Coursed sandstone rubble, slate roof. Early English style. Six-bay nave with west bellcote and short one bay chancel with attached vestry in north angle. The exterior has simple buttresses to three-quarter height, one tall lancet in each bay except the first, which is wider and has a gabled wooden porch protecting a two-centred arched doorway and a square slated bellcote on the ridge with wooden louvres and a steep pyramidal roof with a weathervane. The west gable has a short central buttress flanked by lancets and an oculus above and between these. The chancel has a stepped triple-lancet east window.

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Location: Church of Saint John. Cowgill, Dentdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria, England,
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: belfry, bell, church, cowgill, evangelist, john, saint, tower