Church of St Felix
CHURCH OF ST FELIX, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1241255
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Felix
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST FELIX, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1241255
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Felix
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST FELIX, 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 FELIX, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Felixkirk
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 46792 84760
Details
SE 48 SE FELIXKIRK MAIN STREET 4/4 (west side) 20.6.66 Church of St Felix
II*
Church. C12-C13 nave and chancel, C15 tower, C19 south porch, apse restored and rebuilt 1859-60 by W Dykes. Sandstone ashlar, graduated stone slate roof with ashlar coping and lead roof to chancel. Nest tower, aisled nave with south porch, chancel with apse. Two-stage embattled tower has diagonal buttresses with off-sets, C19 3-light window, 2-light bell stage, and rebuilt parapet. Nave: 2 bays. Norman west window to south aisle, otherwise mainly C19 tracery in C13 style. Chancel: one bay with 2-bay apse. Reset and recut Norman doorway flanked by single order of colonettes to chancel. Re-used C13, 2-light windows to western bay of apse. String course. Corbel table. Interior: round arcade piers of later C12 with square abaci, somewhat restored, and C19 west responds, supporting early C13 double-chamfered pointed-arch arcade. Chancel arch of circa 1125 with zig-zag and beakhead ornament resting on triple responds with interlace capitals. Chancel: west bay has deeply-splayed round-arched windows flanked by a single order of colonettes with cushion capitals carrying a roll moulding. Tomb of William de Cantilupe (deceased 1309) has retooled recumbent effigy of knight in cuspedrecess with crocketed gable. Early C14 recumbent effigy of Eva, daughter of Sir Adam of Boltby.
Listing NGR: SE4679284760
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 440239
- 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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