St Oswald's Church, Grasmere

St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, from the south.
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
Location in Cumbria
54°27′27″N 3°01′25″W / 54.4575°N 3.0237°W / 54.4575; -3.0237
OS grid referenceNY 337 074
LocationGrasmere, Cumbria
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
Websitehttps://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12407/
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Oswald
Associated peopleWilliam Wordsworth
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated21 January 1967
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic
Specifications
MaterialsRoughcast stone, slate roofs
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseCarlisle
ArchdeaconryWestmorland and Furness
DeaneryWindermere
ParishGrasmere
Clergy
RectorRev Lawrence Basham
Laity
Organist(s)Ian Hare

St Oswald's Church is an active Anglican parish church in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is notable for associations with the poet William Wordsworth and his family, and for its annual ceremony of rushbearing. The church is in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.