Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mary and St Abanoub

The Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mary and St Abanoub, located on the south side of Arthington Lane in Arthington, was built in 1864 by the architectural firm of Messrs Mallinson and Healy of Bradford, commissioned by William M. Sheepshanks of Arthington Hall. Constructed from rock-faced sandstone with a slate roof, the church is designed in the Gothic style and comprises a nave, north-west tower, north and south transepts, and a chancel.

The three-stage tower incorporates a porch and features angle-pilasters, a narrow two-centred-arched doorway with a roll-moulded head and short set-in shafts with stiff-leaf capitals, a lancet window on the second stage, two-centred-arched belfry windows each of two cusped louvered lights with similar shafts, a corbel table, and a broach spire with lucarnes on slender shafts. The west gable of the nave has a five-bay arcade with matching shafts; the first, third, and fifth lights contain cusped windows, while the others are blind. A wheel window is positioned above the arcade. The nave has two plate-traceried two-light windows on each side, while the transepts have two larger plate-traceried two-light windows. The two-bay chancel contains two-light windows with bar tracery, and a four-light east window with multifoils in the head. All windows are connected by moulded sill and impost bands that continue around the building. The interior's features mirror this band with transept and chancel arches displaying deeply undercut roll-moulding in the soffits, and shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. A continuous band steps around square imposts above these capitals. The roof is supported by arch-braced collar trusses. The church contains various brass wall monuments commemorating members of the Sheepshanks family of Arthington Hall, and the first vicar was Thomas Sheepshanks.