Church Of St Aidan

NZ 61 NE LOCKWOOD BOOSBECK ROAD (off east side), Boosbeck

3/67 Church of St. Aidan. 25.5.66 II

Church, 1899/1900, by W.S. Hicks. Snecked, rockfaced sandstone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Gaelic clay tiled roofs. Norman revival. Cruciform plan with north vestry and west porch. Clasping buttresses. Gabled porch has round-headed west doorway with billet-moulded hoodmould and imposts continued as string courses; 2 boarded doors in Caernarvon-arched openings below enriched tympanum. 4-bay nave has tall, chamfered, round-headed lancets with leaded lights and hoodmoulds. String course below sills. 2 windows in transepts and south doorway in south transept. Paired west window recessed behind single round-headed arch with imposts. Bellcote with cross finial and one bell, on west gable of nave. Slightly lower 3-bay chancel has 2-tier tripartite east window. Interior: 2-bay transept arcades with octagonal piers and square responds. Barrel roofs to nave and chancel. Stained glass of c.1903/05 in east window. Square stone font bowl with continuous guilloche moulding to sides, on circular pedestal, moulded base and square plinth with waterleaf carvings at angles.

Listing NGR: NZ6619316873