Church of St Oswald
CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1132264
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Oswald
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1132264
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Oswald
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 81010 72116
Details
SD 8072-8172
15/10
20.2.58
HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE
MAIN STREET
(east side)
Church of St Oswald
I
Parish church. C12 nave, rest C15 with C19 and C20 alterations. Rubble brought
to course, stone dressings, lead roof. 3 stage west tower; gabled south entrance
porch, 5 bay nave and north and south aisles, one bay chancel and north and
south chapels. West tower: segmental pointed west entrance with moulded surround
and hoodmould, plank door. 3 light Perpendicular window with trefoil heads,
central light attached to mullion which pierces arch above, hoodmould. Small
trefoil headed window above and 2-light louvred window to bell stage with trefoil
heads and hoodmould. Diagonal buttresses, string course at base of embattled
parapet. South entrance porch: moulded segmental pointed arch; Romanesque entrance
with round head, moulding include zig-zag and roll, some restored c1980, plank
door. Three 2-light Perpendicular chamfered mullioned windows to north and
south aisles, trefoil heads. Chancel: segmental pointed south entrance with
chamfered surround, plank door. Double chamfered 3-light mullioned window with
round heads to right. North vestry: circa 1879 eaves stack. East window to
north and south chapels: both 2-light double chamfered mullioned with round
arched heads. East window to chancel: 3-light chamfered mullioned with trefoil
heads, rectilinear tracery above; hoodmould with head stops. Diagonal buttresses,
east cruciform finial. Interior: round arches to north and south arcades.
North arcade: dentiled cornice and paterae to cap of westernmost pier, probably
late C18. Two westernmost pillars are round, 2 to east are both Perpendicular and
octagonal. South arcade: 3 westernmost pillars are round, that to east is octagonal.
Corbels in north and south aisles mark formerly lower pitch of aisle roofs. Nave:
shallow pitched King. post roof, restored c1879. Romanesque font: zig-zag moulding to
bowl on square base with splayed sides.
Listing NGR: SD8101072116
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 324546
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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