St Andrew's Church, Blubberhouses

The church dates from the 1850’s when Lady Frankland Russell, a member of the Frankland family of Blubberhouses Hall decided to build a church as a chapel of ease so that her estate workers could worship without having to walk to Fewston. She employed an architect, Edward Buckton Lamb (1805-1869) who was also known as the ‘Rogue Architect’ because he believed in the architectural style known as true Gothic. The style was also used by the more famous architect, William Butterfield who designed a number of churches and schools including All Saints, Margaret Street, London and Balliol College Chapel, Oxford.