Church Of St Mark

NY 75 SE WEST ALLEN NINEBANKS

14/237 Church of St. Mark

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Parish Church, 1871 by Haswell. Rubble with dressings, blue slate roof with 2 purple bands and orange ridge tiles. Rectangular structure with canted apse, south porch linked to south-west tower and small vestry on north. Tower, stepped in 3 stages has paired belfry openings with central shafts and chamfered pointed arches above lintels, square stone spire with 2 bands of tegulated ornament. Projecting porch has pointed arch of 2 chamfered orders; to east of porch 3 lancets. West end has two stepped buttresses, the northern set between 2 trefoiled lancets which share a continuous hoodmould. East end has a trefoiled lancet in each face of the apse. On north are 4 lancets to west-of vestry which has a boarded door on the west and a 2-light window with pointed heads above lintels, on the north.

Interior without any structural division. Arch-braced roof trusses carried on moulded corbels; simple furnishings include font in C13 style.

Listing NGR: NY7825352452