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
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of St Mary and St Laurence, Rosedale East Side, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 723 959
Coordinates
54.35378, -0.88766
Source
Historic England listing

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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.

Local climate

Church of St Mary and St Laurence receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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