OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD

OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD, WHORLTON LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1294328
Date first listed:: 23-Jun-1966
List Entry Name:: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD
Statutory Address:: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD, WHORLTON LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1294328
Date first listed:: 23-Jun-1966
Date of most recent amendment:: 30-Oct-1990
List Entry Name:: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD
Statutory Address 1:: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD, WHORLTON 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:: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD, WHORLTON LANE

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Whorlton
National Park:: NORTH YORK MOORS
National Grid Reference:: NZ 48329 02446

Details

NZ 40 SE WHORLTON WHORLTON LANE 9/177 Old Church of Holy Rood (formerly listed as Church 23.6.66 of the Holy Cross, now Mortuary Chapel) I Church now a controlled ruin except for chancel, still in occasional use as mortuary chapel. Mid and late C12, C13 and C14 with C19 and C20 restorations. Remaining are; nave arcades, south tower-porth, fragments of west wall; and chancel. Older parts small roughly-coursed sandstone, later parts coursed squared tooled sandstone. Tower roof stone slates, chancel roof Welsh slate. North arcade (buttressed in C19 but west bay gone) has scalloped capitals and single-chamfered arches. Similar capitals to piers of roll-moulded chancel arch. Taller south arcade has stepped arches on moulded capitals. Inserted C14 Tower has pointed-arched inner door, ogee-headed bell openings and plain blocking course below pyramidal roof with ball-on-spike finial. Remnant of quatrefoil-panelled parapet over south arcade, perhaps added when tower was built. Gabled buttresses to chancel. Chancel windows pointed geometrical with heavy headstopped hoodmoulds, except for one of 3 lights with carved shields over and a restored C14 east window. A projection on the north wall accommodates a large relocated late Perpendicular tomb recess with an earlier oak effigy. Replaced timber roof. Trefoiled piscina and a tub font on chamfered plinth. Small, blocked pointed-arched priest's door.

Listing NGR: NZ4834002455

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Legacy System number:: 333236
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.