Church of St Stephen

Church of St Stephen, Church Lane

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1148706
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-1969
List Entry Name:: Church of St Stephen
Statutory Address:: Church of St Stephen, Church Lane

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1148706
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-1969
List Entry Name:: Church of St Stephen
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Stephen, Church Lane

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St Stephen, Church Lane

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Fylingdales
National Park:: NORTH YORK MOORS
National Grid Reference:: NZ 94162 05940

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 December 2022 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

NZ 9405 16/52

FYLINGDALES CHURCH LANE (east side) Church of St Stephen

6.10.69

I

Former Parish Church. 1821 rebuilding on medieval site. Course herringbone-tooled sandstone with ashlar dressings. Purple slate roof. Single-cell preaching box with small sanctuary; South porch and north vestry are early additions. Gothick style. Open-pedimented porch has segment-arched entrance with rusticated voussoirs. Sundial above has dates 1736, 1864 and 1919 with various initials. Wood side benches; and wide six-panel double door with interlaced fanlight; keystone largely concealed by barrel vault of porch. Five-bay nave has pointed-arched windows, with glazing bars and interlaced heads, in architraves with imposts. All rest on a cill band except for shorter window above door. Small square-headed door in south chancel wall; east window similar and flanked by big stepped diagonal buttresses. North nave wall has three short windows, similar to that above door, lighting the gallery. West windows similar to east. Vestry has 15-pane fixed light with two opening panes. OSBM on south-eash corner of nave. West bell-cupola had only its damaged wood frame remaining at time of survey.

Interior: Complete late Georgian fittings. Panelled gallery, around north and west sides, rests on Roman Doric columns. Lateral south pulpit has sounding board and stairs with turned balusters and ramped handrail. Complete box pews, including one named for the Farsyde family with coat of arms. Various memorial tablets to the Farsyde family. Small early C18 font with low, conical open cover.

Listing NGR: NZ9416105939

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Legacy System number:: 327705
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.