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Church, still in ecclesiastical use, dated 1869. The architect is reputedly R Lamb from Darlington, however there is no documentary evidence of this. The current church is built on the site of an earlier church, built in 1845, which was taken down and rebuilt in Aberarder. It is a gothic cruciform church constructed from snecked granite rubble with contrasting ashlar dressings, a base course, buttressing, a trefoil headed opening and a grey slate roof with small gablet ventilators near the ridge and cast-iron rainwater goods with dated hoppers. It has an apse, a tower with a stone spire, a baptistery, diamond glazing pattern stained glass to the apse and the remainder with red painted glass surrounds. The north elevation has a low gabled projection with triple lancets, a star window in the apex and a decorative finial. A tall gabled transept to the east has triple cusped lancets and a star window above. There is a two-stage tower at the north-east corner with a spire. There are lancets to the tall first stage, with louvred lights to the belfry above with angled margins and angled pinnacles. Each face at the base of the spire has gabled clock panels, and the broached spire has a coronet and weathervane. The south elevation mirrors the north, but with a curved baptistery projection to the west. The west gable end elevation has a projecting gabled porch with a pointed arch boarded door and decorative ironmongery. There are flanking lancets and multifoil window above, and decorative masonry finials to the gable apex. The church has a restrained ecclesiastical interior, with the body of church painted and a large gothic arch leading to the apse. A timber hammerbeam ceiling springs from stone corbels, and polished marble columns support the double pointed arches to the transepts. Other features include timber pews, a prominent carved pulpit to apse and a carved oak communion table. The building of the present church was masterminded by the Minister, Hugh Cobham, who died on the eve of its completion and is buried behind the pulpit.
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