Church Of St Mary And St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A Victorian Church.
Church Of St Mary And St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- turning-hinge-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary and St Laurence, built in 1839, replaced the 14th-century Priory Chapel and incorporates one 14th-century window from the former Priory. The church was designed by Lewis Vulliamy and features dressed sandstone with sandstone ashlar dressings and a slate roof. It has a west bellcote, a 6-bay nave, and a continuous sanctuary, along with a south vestry.
The west end has panelled double doors set in a double-chamfered two-centred doorway, with two lancets above. The gabled bellcote has a pointed bell opening. The south side is articulated into six bays by end and intermediate offset buttresses, with a gabled vestry projecting from the sixth bay. There is a pointed panelled door in the second bay from the west, while the remaining bays contain full-height lancets. The vestry gable end features a reused window with two pointed lights, chamfered Y tracery, and a decayed cinquefoil above. Both returns have single lancets with pointed bordered lights. The north side mirrors the south side but lacks the vestry. Above the door, a stone has a recessed centre panel with the words "Omnia Vanitas" in low relief. The east end has three stepped lancets, all openings are splayed, and all windows have diamond lattice glazing. The gables are coped with plain kneelers, and there are gable crosses on the vestry and east end.
Inside, the church has pews from 1907 made by Thompson of Kilburn, and a carved oak lectern from Holland, presented in the late 19th century by George Leeman. Near the sanctuary, slightly to the north, is a graveslab with faint traces of a foliated cross. The Bishop's Chair in the sanctuary is made from ancient stones from the Priory. Outside, against the east wall of the church, there is a stone coffin, shaped and hollowed out for a neck and head rest, which was discovered in the churchyard by the Sexton in 1886.
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