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LEEDS SE3633 COLTON ROAD, Whitkirk
714-1/37/1246 (West side (off))
26/09/63 Church of St Mary GV I Anglican church. C15, chancel rebuilt 1901 by GF Bodley;
restored 1855-56, re-ordered c1990. Perpendicular style.
EXTERIOR: heavy nave and aisle parapets projecting on large
corbels. Large 3-light pointed N and S aisle windows with
buttresses between, and small arched clerestory windows. West
tower with diagonal buttresses embattled parapet on corbels
and carved obelisk pinnacles, 2-light belfry, squat lead-clad
spire. Gabled S porch, vaulted, stone roof.
INTERIOR: short nave with arcades of short octagonal piers
with double-chamfered arches.
MONUMENTS: Sir Robert Scargill, d.1531-2 and wife, d.1546-7:
tomb chest with mourners and recumbent alabaster effigies
above. Viscount Irwin of Temple Newsam, d.1688 and wife,
d.1746, formerly with tomb chest, fine effigies, the Viscount
semi-reclining, his wife originally on his left, now at his
head, his daughter who died aged 2, originally on his right,
now on his left; pilasters and segmental pediment against wall
as background by John van Nost erected in 1697, tomb chest
removed (probably from chancel) and figures re-grouped against
the S aisle wall c1970. John Smeaton (engineer), 1792, wall
tablet on N wall of chancel, relief of Eddystone lighthouse,
by Robert Cooke, Smeaton was born in the parish and buried
under the chancel. Viscount Irwin by Nollekens, 1810, draped
woman with large urn. Lord William Gordon by Henry Westmacott
1824, tablet with relief figure in Highland dress. The chancel
S chapel was founded as a chantry in 1448-49.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N (revised Radcliffe):
Yorkshire, The West Riding: London: 1967-: 350, 642).
Listing NGR: SE3635033582
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
466011
Legacy System:
LBS
Sources
Books and journals Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967), 350, 642
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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