Church of St Paul
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1295734
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Paul
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1295734
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL, CHURCH LANE
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 PAUL, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hensall
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 58293 22596
Details
HENSALL CHURCH LANE SE 52 SE (west side) 3/2 Church of St Paul 11.12.67 GV II* Church. 1854 with later alterations. Architect: William Butterfield; patron: 7th Viscount Downe; builder: Charles Ward of Lincoln. Pinkish-red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings and grey slate roof. 4-bay aisled nave incorporating south-west porch and 3-stage north-west bell tower, 2-bay chancel with single-bay south chapel and 2-bay north vestry. Aesthetic Functionalism. Nave. Entrance to south porch a pointed, chamfered archway under hoodmould; within a pointed plank door in double- chamfered surround. Further entrance to north at base of tower, a plank door within pointed surround under pointed ashlar arch. Tower has gabled stair turret to west side and has slit windows; to narrower third stage are twin-light bell openings with Geometrical-type tracery. Cogged eaves band, pyramidal roof. 4-light pointed west window with intersecting tracery. Aisles have triple-stepped cusped lancet windows within ashlar surrounds. South aisle has stepped external chimney to third bay which has been lowered. Chancel: south side and north vestry have 2-light mullion casement windows. East end of vestry has 2-light Geometrical-type window. East window of 3 lights with Geometrical-type tracery to head within pointed ashlar surround. Sweeping roofline in 2 levels. Interior retains most original features but is of plain design. Nave has pointed arcade on cylindrical piers with moulded capitals and bases. Double-chamfered pointed chancel arch on corbelled soffit moulding. Pointed piscina. Floor tiles by Minton. Contemporary pews; painted screen to south chapel; organ; octagonal pulpit; octagonal font. Mosaic reredos, restored in 1970. Some windows have stained glass. Conceived as a group with The Red House (qv) and Hensall Primary School (qv) and with similar groups at Cowick and Pollington. N Pevsner, Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, pp 261-262. H S Papworth, The Parish Church of Hensall (dissertation). P Thompson, William Butterfield, 1971, pp 217 and 430.
Listing NGR: SE5829322596
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 326475
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Thompson, P, William Butterfield Victorian Architect, (1971), 217,430
Papworth, H S, The Parish Church of Hensall, ()
Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967), 261-262
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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