Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1987. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- inner-string-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Kirk Lane, Embsay with Eastby, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 011 541
- Coordinates
- 53.98298, -1.98377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a parish church built in 1853 by G T Shaw. It features sandstone watershot masonry, stone dressings, and a slate roof. The structure includes a west entrance porch, a two-stage west tower, a four-bay nave, a north aisle, a two-bay chancel, and a north vestry. Inside the porch, there is a cast iron plaque commemorating a grant of £180 towards the church's construction from the Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repair of Churches and Chapels.
The entrance porch has a pointed arch with a moulded surround and a plank door, along with a hoodmould that features head stops, angle buttresses, and a steeply pitched roof. The tower includes a two-light mullioned window with cinquefoil heads and rectilinear tracery, as well as a smaller similar window in the belfry, angle buttresses, and an embattled parapet. The south side of the nave has three windows, and the north aisle has three windows, all with two lights, trefoil heads, and mullions, featuring rectilinear tracery and flat arch heads with hoodmoulds that have head stops. A corbel table runs along the building, and there is a cross finial on the east gable. The south side of the nave also has two lancet windows with trefoil heads and rectilinear tracery. The east window consists of three lights, is mullioned with cinquefoil heads, and has rectilinear tracery along with a hoodmould that features head stops. The north entrance to the vestry has a pointed arch and a plank door. An adjoining boiler house, constructed around 1970, is made of reused stone.
Inside, there is a four-bay arcade leading to the north aisle supported by octagonal pillars and pointed arches. The chancel arch is similar in design. The nave trusses have curved principals resting on stone corbels, with king posts supporting the ridge piece and struts connecting to the common rafters.
Local climate
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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