Holy Evangelists Church
Holy Evangelists' Church, East Lane, Shipton
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Overview
SE 55 NE
5/31
SHIPTON
EAST LANE (north side)
Holy Evangelists' Church
GV
II
Church. 1848-9. By G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningbrough Hall. Coursed stone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Aisled nave with north-west tower and south porch, chancel with north vestry. Early English style.
Tower: four stages with north-west vice; off-set angle buttresses; trefoil-headed windows with hoodmoulds, the belfry windows with colonettes; broach spire with lucarnes and small quatrefoils. Nave: four bays. Porch has fleur-de-lis-finialled buttresses; roll-moulding and hood-mould to doorway; inner pointed-arch doorway with colonettes and nail-studded board door with decorative ironwork. South aisle has chamfered plinth, off-set buttresses, quoined surrounds to one- and two-light windows. Quatrefoils to clerestory. Two single-light windows under cinquefoil in raised surround to west end. Chancel: three bays, lower and narrower central priest's door and three windows, each of two-lights and quatrefoil. Pointed-arch east window of paired trefoil-headed lights each with trefoil above and cinquefoil over the whole. Eaves bands, copings and fleur-de-lis finials. Nave arcade of double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal columns. Carved, painted reredos and fretted, panelled choir screen with decorative iron gates by Temple Moore (Carter, p86). East window by Willement.
Carter, R, A Visitors Guide to Yorkshire Churches, 1976.
Listing NGR: SE5533758955
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315065
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Holy Evangelists Church
- Statutory Address:
- Holy Evangelists' Church, East Lane, Shipton
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1315065
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Holy Evangelists Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holy Evangelists' Church, East Lane, Shipton
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:
- Holy Evangelists' Church, East Lane, Shipton
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shipton
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 55337 58955
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 55 NE
5/31
SHIPTON
EAST LANE (north side)
Holy Evangelists' Church
GV
II
Church. 1848-9. By G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningbrough Hall. Coursed stone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Aisled nave with north-west tower and south porch, chancel with north vestry. Early English style.
Tower: four stages with north-west vice; off-set angle buttresses; trefoil-headed windows with hoodmoulds, the belfry windows with colonettes; broach spire with lucarnes and small quatrefoils. Nave: four bays. Porch has fleur-de-lis-finialled buttresses; roll-moulding and hood-mould to doorway; inner pointed-arch doorway with colonettes and nail-studded board door with decorative ironwork. South aisle has chamfered plinth, off-set buttresses, quoined surrounds to one- and two-light windows. Quatrefoils to clerestory. Two single-light windows under cinquefoil in raised surround to west end. Chancel: three bays, lower and narrower central priest's door and three windows, each of two-lights and quatrefoil. Pointed-arch east window of paired trefoil-headed lights each with trefoil above and cinquefoil over the whole. Eaves bands, copings and fleur-de-lis finials. Nave arcade of double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal columns. Carved, painted reredos and fretted, panelled choir screen with decorative iron gates by Temple Moore (Carter, p86). East window by Willement.
Carter, R, A Visitors Guide to Yorkshire Churches, 1976.
Listing NGR: SE5533758955
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 55 NE
5/31
SHIPTON
EAST LANE (north side)
Holy Evangelists' Church
GV
II
Church. 1848-9. By G T Andrews for the Hon Payan Dawnay of Beningbrough Hall. Coursed stone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Aisled nave with north-west tower and south porch, chancel with north vestry. Early English style.
Tower: four stages with north-west vice; off-set angle buttresses; trefoil-headed windows with hoodmoulds, the belfry windows with colonettes; broach spire with lucarnes and small quatrefoils. Nave: four bays. Porch has fleur-de-lis-finialled buttresses; roll-moulding and hood-mould to doorway; inner pointed-arch doorway with colonettes and nail-studded board door with decorative ironwork. South aisle has chamfered plinth, off-set buttresses, quoined surrounds to one- and two-light windows. Quatrefoils to clerestory. Two single-light windows under cinquefoil in raised surround to west end. Chancel: three bays, lower and narrower central priest's door and three windows, each of two-lights and quatrefoil. Pointed-arch east window of paired trefoil-headed lights each with trefoil above and cinquefoil over the whole. Eaves bands, copings and fleur-de-lis finials. Nave arcade of double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal columns. Carved, painted reredos and fretted, panelled choir screen with decorative iron gates by Temple Moore (Carter, p86). East window by Willement.
Carter, R, A Visitors Guide to Yorkshire Churches, 1976.
Listing NGR: SE5533758955
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 332124
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Carter, R, A Visitors Guide to Yorkshire Churches, (1976)
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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