Laithkirk Church
LAITHKIRK CHURCH, B6276
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310445
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Laithkirk Church
- Statutory Address:
- LAITHKIRK CHURCH, B6276
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310445
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Laithkirk Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- LAITHKIRK CHURCH, B6276
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:
- LAITHKIRK CHURCH, B6276
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lunedale
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 95483 24047
Details
LUNEDALE B6276, Laithkirk NY 92 SE (South side)
Laithkirk Church 10/117 II GV Parish church. Said to have been a C15 tithe barn of Lord Fitzhugh; converted repaired and re-roofed in 1826; further restorations c.1900. Rubble with sandstone dressings. Graduated slate roof. Continuous nave and chancel; south porch and south vestry.
Nave and chancel, of 6 internal bays, with rough stone plinth and flush quoins. Blank gabled west end with flat-topped bellcote at apex. North side 4 wide lancets in projecting tooled surrounds. East end round-arched window with rough flush voussoirs. South side 3 similar lancets and a round-headed sundial to east inscribed: WATCH AND PRAY 1865. Roof with coped gables; 3 small triangular roof lights to north pitch.
Gabled porch, to west, has pointed chamfered arch with projecting impost blocks. Rebuilt stone benches within porch. Small pointed stoup on inner east wall, near square-headed nave doorway.
Gabled vestry, to east, with pointed arch under hoodmould. East return: flight of steps down to basement door under pointed arch; small C19 lancet above in moulded surround with flanking engaged colonnettes. Steeply-pitched roof. Plain and plastered interior. Octagonal C19 stone font, with engaged marble colonnettes, at south-west end of nave: Oversized and off-centre C20 chancel screen, brought from elsewhere; similar sanctuary panelling. 5 King-post trusses.
(The Victoria History of the Counties of England, ed. William Page, F.S.A. , A History of the County of York North Riding, 1925).
Listing NGR: NY9548324047
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 111287
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of York: North Riding, (1914)
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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