Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary, B 6160
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BOLTON ABBEY
B 6160 (east side, off)
Church of St Mary
10.9.54
GV
I
Church, originally the nave of the Priory. Late C12, C13, C14 and C16. Restored 1875-60 by G.E Street. Ashlar, coursed squared stone, lead roof. C12-C13 nave and north aisle. C16 uncompleted tower hides the C13 west front.
Nave: south side has pointed arched blank arcading, above six tall adjoining narrowly-set two-light pointed arched plate-traceried windows with quatrefoils, transomed with continuous hoodmoulds. Corbels, embattled parapet. North side: aisle has a board door under a pointed arch with a cusped crocketed niche above. Three three-light C14 Decorated pointed arched windows with sill band, hoodmoulds and buttreses between. The clerestory has four lancet windows, continuous hoodmould.
West front: double board door in deeply splayed portal with three orders of colonnettes. The arch has dogtooth mouldings. It is flanked by similar smaller arches with blind twin sub-arches within, quatrefoils in the spandrels between the sub-arches. Trefoils in spandrels between main door arch and side arches. Above blind cusped arcading. Above the door central blind elliptical opening flanked by pointed arches, all with dogtooth moulding, below continuous hoodmould. Above again three tall pointed arched lancet windows, set in moulded arches on colonettes.
West front of tower: gableted offset angle buttresses, decorated plinth, pointed arched door in moulded surround, flat hoodmould, in spandrels shields set in quatrefoils. Above door frieze, Perpendicular in style with alternating shields and shoulder-headed niches. Door and frieze flanked by blank arcading. Above a large five-light transomed Perpendicular window, with crocketed ogee-headed hoodmould.
Interior: arcade of four bays, octagonal piers with circular one between. Triple-chamfered arches. Shafts on small corbels rise from level of the stops of the hoodmoulds to the ceiling. Wall built at east of nave after Dissolution.
Listing NGR: SE0740154204
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1166745
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Mary, B 6160
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1166745
- Date first listed:
- 10-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Mary, B 6160
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 Mary, B 6160
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bolton Abbey
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 07398 54203
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 March 2024 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 05 SE
8/68
BOLTON ABBEY
B 6160 (east side, off)
Church of St Mary
10.9.54
GV
I
Church, originally the nave of the Priory. Late C12, C13, C14 and C16. Restored 1875-60 by G.E Street. Ashlar, coursed squared stone, lead roof. C12-C13 nave and north aisle. C16 uncompleted tower hides the C13 west front.
Nave: south side has pointed arched blank arcading, above six tall adjoining narrowly-set two-light pointed arched plate-traceried windows with quatrefoils, transomed with continuous hoodmoulds. Corbels, embattled parapet. North side: aisle has a board door under a pointed arch with a cusped crocketed niche above. Three three-light C14 Decorated pointed arched windows with sill band, hoodmoulds and buttreses between. The clerestory has four lancet windows, continuous hoodmould.
West front: double board door in deeply splayed portal with three orders of colonnettes. The arch has dogtooth mouldings. It is flanked by similar smaller arches with blind twin sub-arches within, quatrefoils in the spandrels between the sub-arches. Trefoils in spandrels between main door arch and side arches. Above blind cusped arcading. Above the door central blind elliptical opening flanked by pointed arches, all with dogtooth moulding, below continuous hoodmould. Above again three tall pointed arched lancet windows, set in moulded arches on colonettes.
West front of tower: gableted offset angle buttresses, decorated plinth, pointed arched door in moulded surround, flat hoodmould, in spandrels shields set in quatrefoils. Above door frieze, Perpendicular in style with alternating shields and shoulder-headed niches. Door and frieze flanked by blank arcading. Above a large five-light transomed Perpendicular window, with crocketed ogee-headed hoodmould.
Interior: arcade of four bays, octagonal piers with circular one between. Triple-chamfered arches. Shafts on small corbels rise from level of the stops of the hoodmoulds to the ceiling. Wall built at east of nave after Dissolution.
Listing NGR: SE0740154204
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 March 2024 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 05 SE
8/68
BOLTON ABBEY
B 6160 (east side, off)
Church of St Mary
10.9.54
GV
I
Church, originally the nave of the Priory. Late C12, C13, C14 and C16. Restored 1875-60 by G.E Street. Ashlar, coursed squared stone, lead roof. C12-C13 nave and north aisle. C16 uncompleted tower hides the C13 west front.
Nave: south side has pointed arched blank arcading, above six tall adjoining narrowly-set two-light pointed arched plate-traceried windows with quatrefoils, transomed with continuous hoodmoulds. Corbels, embattled parapet. North side: aisle has a board door under a pointed arch with a cusped crocketed niche above. Three three-light C14 Decorated pointed arched windows with sill band, hoodmoulds and buttreses between. The clerestory has four lancet windows, continuous hoodmould.
West front: double board door in deeply splayed portal with three orders of colonnettes. The arch has dogtooth mouldings. It is flanked by similar smaller arches with blind twin sub-arches within, quatrefoils in the spandrels between the sub-arches. Trefoils in spandrels between main door arch and side arches. Above blind cusped arcading. Above the door central blind elliptical opening flanked by pointed arches, all with dogtooth moulding, below continuous hoodmould. Above again three tall pointed arched lancet windows, set in moulded arches on colonettes.
West front of tower: gableted offset angle buttresses, decorated plinth, pointed arched door in moulded surround, flat hoodmould, in spandrels shields set in quatrefoils. Above door frieze, Perpendicular in style with alternating shields and shoulder-headed niches. Door and frieze flanked by blank arcading. Above a large five-light transomed Perpendicular window, with crocketed ogee-headed hoodmould.
Interior: arcade of four bays, octagonal piers with circular one between. Triple-chamfered arches. Shafts on small corbels rise from level of the stops of the hoodmoulds to the ceiling. Wall built at east of nave after Dissolution.
Listing NGR: SE0740154204
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 323722
- 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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