St Andrew's Church, Penrith

St Andrew's Church
Tower of St Andrew's Church
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54°39′51″N 2°45′04″W / 54.6642°N 2.7512°W / 54.6642; -2.7512
OS grid reference	NY 517 302
Location	Penrith, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	[1]
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Andrew
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	24 April 1951
Architect(s)	William Etty (?) (body of church)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Georgian
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Carlisle
Deanery	Penrith
Parish	Penrith Saint Andrew
Clergy
Rector	Revd David Sargent
Assistant priest(s)	Revd Colin Sands
Curate(s)	None
Laity
Reader(s)	Julie Barrett, Hugh Ellison
Organist(s)	Colin Marston
Churchwarden(s)	Margaret Irving, Phillip Lund, Jane Boylan, Bill Maddams
Parish administrator	Chris Nuttall

St Andrew's Church is in the centre of the town of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. The parishes of Penrith (St Andrew's and Christ Church); St John, Newton Reigny and St John the Evangelist, Plumpton Wall are united in a single benefice .^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[2] At one time St Andrew's had a chapel of ease or mission church in Brougham Street in the Penrith suburb of Castletown called St Saviours and another, All Hallows at the hamlet of Bowscar just to the north of the town.