Church of St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, A170
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1315780
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, A170
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1315780
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, A170
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 MARY THE VIRGIN, A170
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ebberston and Yedingham
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 89187 83316
Details
A 170 NORTH YORKSHIRE RYEDALE DISTRICT COUNCIL 5340 SE 88 SE EBBERSTON (north side, off) 10/12 Church of Saint Mary the Virgin (Previously listed as 'Church of St Mary') 10.11.53 - II* Church. C12 nave and chancel, chancel extended C13; north aisle c1200; tower probably C14; reroofed 1797; porch, and south side of nave and chancel rebuilt and restored 1870-76, by Ewan Christian. Dressed sandstone with slate roof. West tower; nave with 3-bay north aisle; south porch; chancel. 2-stage, embattled tower has 2-light louvred bell openings with trefoil heads beneath pointed hood-moulds to all faces except the north, which has a single round-headed light. Similar opening to lower stage of west face. Gabled porch contains a round-arched doorway recessed in two orders, of which the outer is roll-moulded and has renewed spiral shafts, one with the remains of an original scalloped capital. C12 ironwork including a dove with an olive twig has been re-used on a later door. To left of porch is a blocked former chapel arch containing a C19 2-light foiled window. Single lights flank the porch while the window to the right contains renewed foiled tracery in original square-headed opening. Chancel contains rebuilt single light windows and priest's door all beneath pointed hood-moulds. On the north side, C12 and C13 round-headed lights, one with arch stone bearing incised decoration. North aisle windows of three intersecting lights beneath a round arch springing from carved head corbels. Re-used stones carved with a sword and a floreated cross, and two grotesque heads from an earlier corbel table. At the east end, two dwarf buttresses flank a 2-light Geometric traceried window in a quoined surround. Interior: 3-bay arcade of cylindrical piers and pointed arches of two chamfered orders. Piers have octagonal abaci and one has a capital of two tiers of waterleaf. Bases have foliage spur ornament and rest on square plinths. C19 rebuilt pointed chancel arch of two chamfered orders springs from the side walls. Probable C12 tub font on a later moulded stem with octagonal base. Grotesque head on north aisle wall.
Listing NGR: SE8918783316
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 329631
- 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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