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Priory Church of St Mary

Priory Church Of St Mary

Cartmel

Cumbria

Chancel, Piper choir, transepts, 1190-1220

Architectural Features

nave and aisles, tower and tracery (except Town choir) 1395-1420

vestry 1677.

early C13 entrance of 2 orders.

good attached memorials

C17 collar rafter roofs, but quadripartite vault to Piper choir and- Cl9 roofs to crossing and Town choir.

C15 stalls with good misericords

cutting sedilia, c1347, 2 recumbent effigies, arcading and figures, painted ceiling.

Many other memorials of interest.

Medieval grave slabs in Piper choir and chancel, recumbent effigy of canon c1340 in Town choir, slab to Prior William c1292 in chancel.

Dame Katherine Lowther and Sir Thomas Lowther , wall memorials in Town choir

other wall memorials in south transept are of interest.

Many C17 and C18 grave slabs in floor.

Preston Family, 1646, painted board.

C19 pulpit and font, also C17 font with cover dated 1645.

Stained glass window viewed from inside the Priory.

Stained glass, early C15, some figures to east window, Town choir and porch.

Stained glass window viewed from inside the Priory.

© edward mcmaihin

An important survival of a medieval monastic church, the Harrington Tomb and choir screen and canopies are works of major importance.