"St Peter's was designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. They were the winners of a competition to design "mountain chapels" organised by the Carlisle Church Extension Society in 1873. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the church as "a brilliant essay".[3] The church stands to the southeast of the village.[4]" It was opened in 1875 Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter's_Church,_Finsthwaite