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Latitude: 54.4671 / 54°28'1"N
Longitude: -3.2535 / 3°15'12"W
OS Eastings: 318852
OS Northings: 508693
OS Grid: NY188086
Mapcode National: GBR 5JQS.FF
Mapcode Global: WH70Q.ZZWB
Plus Code: 9C6RFP8W+RH
Entry Name: Church of St Olaf
Listing Date: 21 January 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1086640
English Heritage Legacy ID: 76282
Also known as: Church of St Olaf, Wasdale
ID on this website: 101086640
Location: Wasdale Head, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA20
County: Cumbria
District: Copeland
Civil Parish: Wasdale
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Wasdale Head St Olaf
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Church building
NY 10 NE NETHER WASDALE WASDALE HEAD
11/84 Church of St Olaf
II
Parish Church. Earliest reference to a church on this is c1550; records start
1620. Later additions and alterations. Pebble-dashed rubble walls (c3 ft
thick) on plinth. Graduated slate roofs with overhanging eaves; stone copings
with bellcote to west end. Single cell. Side walls c5 ft high. C20 plank door
on north side; C19 multi-light stone-mullioned windows under hoodmoulds.
Interior: 4 original roof trusses (one over altar has cut tie-beam). Ornate
C19 cast-iron lamp brackets to side walls. Monolithic stone holy-water stoup
(original font?) in recess in west wall c2½ ft high, square in plan, with stop-
chamfered corners.
Listing NGR: NY1885208693
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