Church of St Aidan is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Church.

Church of St Aidan

WRENN ID
last-grate-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Aidan, Gillamoor, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 684 901
Coordinates
54.30244, -0.95002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Aidan is a church built in 1802 by James Smith and restored in 1880. It features squared limestone on a herringbone-tooled plinth, with the north side rendered. The church has finely tooled quoins and dressings, and a stone flag roof. A timber bellcote with a lead and slate roof and lead spire is located at the west end. The structure includes a continuous nave and chancel, along with a south porch.

At the west end, there is a round-arched window with paired lights that have cusped, round heads. The square-section bellcote has paired round-headed louvred openings on each face, topped with a broach spire and a fish weather-vane. The south gabled porch features a round-arched opening and a carved group in high relief above it. East of the porch are two round-arched nave windows with paired lights and cusped pointed heads, and two similar square-headed windows in the chancel.

Between the nave windows, there are two wall tablets commemorating the builder of the church, James Smith, detailing his work on the chapel and his life. The north side and east end have no openings, and all window openings are quoined. The gables are coped, with a gable cross on the chancel.

Inside, the screen at the west end includes a balustrade from 1682, featuring turned undulating balusters beneath a rail that is partially carved with a stylised foliage frieze and part that records the date and the contemporary Church Wardens. A second balustrade of twisted balusters from around 1700 serves as the communion rail and the front rail of the pews. There is a tub font on a 19th-century cylindrical pedestal, and the roof is a double braced king-post design.

Local climate

Church of St Aidan receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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