Location : Egremont
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 030088

The little church at Haile, with no dedication, has Georgian plain arched windows, but the walls are medieval. The West porch was added by Ferguson in 1882. A South-East quoin in the nave is part of a Saxon cross-shaft, with scrolls. Outside against the West wall is a monument to John Ponsonby (1670).

There are three stained glass windows - the East window of the Crucifixion is by Wailes and Strang. A single window on the South side of the nave depicts an Act of Charity by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and a single window on the North side of the nave depicts St George and the Dragon, by Powell of Whitefriars.

St George and the Dragon Memorial window to John Ponsonby (1866-1952) of Haile Hall by Powell of Whitefriars.	Monument to John Ponsonby (1670) on the west outside wall. The inscription reads : Learn Reader Under This Stone Doth Lye A Rare Example Cald John Ponsonbye If I Said Ylese I am Sur I Lyd He was a Faithful Friend And Soe He Dyd November 25 in the Year 1670

Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.

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