St Gregory's was built by the Upton family of Ingmire Hall in the 1860s.[3] The London and North Western Railway was at that time constructing the Ingleton Branch Line, and the company sent a scripture reader to minister to the navvies building the railway.[2] The church was altered and enlarged in the 1900s; this included the installation of stained glass windows and the addition of a porch.[1][2] It continued as the chapel to the Ingmire Estate until 1918.[1][3] St Gregory's was declared redundant on 1 May 1984, and was vested in the Trust on 16 March 1992.[4]
Architecture
The church is attached to a cottage.[2] It is constructed in random rubble mixed stone with red sandstonequoins and a slate roof. The porch is built in rubble with yellow sandstone dressings and quoins. The roof is in slate, and on it stands a long wooden lantern, glazed with five lights and with a hip roof. The plan of the church consists of a nave on a north–south axis, with a porch on the north, and a chancel acting as a cross-wing on the south. On the north gable is a single bellcote containing a bell. The doorway to the porch is on the west side, over which is a small gable containing the Ingmire Hall cross. On the north side of the porch is a small rectangular window, over which is a memorial plaque. On the west side of the church are three single-light windows. There are no windows on its east side adjoining the cottage.[1]
Inside the church are wooden fittings and furniture by Waring & Gillow of Lancaster.[3] The stained glass in the windows was designed by Frederick George Simon, and depicts images from nature, including river scenes, trees, plants, and birds and animals found in the locality.[2]
