St Mary's Church, Windermere

It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

[4] In 1871 the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin restored the church, added a chancel and a vestry, and installed an alabaster and mosaic reredos.

[5] In 1881–82 the same architects carried out work at the east and west ends of the church, and added a central tower.

After a fire in 1988, which destroyed the nave roof, the church was restored by Michael Bottomley in the following two years.

The tower is in three stages, with a stair turret rising to a higher level at the southeast corner.

In the lowest stage, on the north and south sides, are pairs of two-light transomed windows.

In the top stage are two-light bell openings on each side, flanked by blind arches.

At the west end of the church are three buttressed gables, each with topped by a small stone cross.

[3] The furniture, other than the recently added altar and communion rails, was designed by Paley and Austin.

The font consists of a square bowl in an octagonal stem, with black marble shafts at the corners.