Church Of Saint Oswald

The Church of Saint Oswald is a Grade I listed church located in Askrigg Market Place. It dates back to the 15th century, with some earlier elements and 19th-century alterations. The building is constructed from rubble and features lead roofs. It has a west tower, a five-bay nave, and a chancel that is integrated with the aisles, along with a south porch. The church has quoins.

The tower consists of three storeys. On the west face, there is a ground-floor two-light window with cinquefoiled lights and Perpendicular tracery set in a straight-sided pointed arch with a hoodmould. The first floor features a single-light trefoiled window. The belfry has two-light openings with trefoil heads and hoodmoulds, topped with a crenellated parapet and corner pinnacles. The porch has a continuous hollow-moulded pointed archway and stone benches. The south doorway also has a continuous hollow-moulded pointed arch with animal motifs on the label stops, along with a 19th-century priest's door in a Perpendicular style and 19th-century two-light Perpendicular-style windows. The clerestorey has windows with three pointed-arch lights and crenellated parapets. The east window, dating from 1854, is a Perpendicular-style window with five lights and a transom.

Inside, there is a stop-chamfered tower arch and a vault in the tower with four pointed ribs featuring run-out chamfers. The north arcade has Early English circular piers and capitals with double-chamfered depressed pointed arches, while the south arcade has Perpendicular piers and double-chamfered arches. The roofs are Perpendicular, with finely-moulded beams in the nave and chancel. There is a concave-sided octagonal font on a circular base and a 19th-century font near the priest's door. A hollow octagonal stone is located at the west end, along with 19th-century panelled pews that have doors. Above the tower arch is a coat of arms of George III. The church also contains many fine 18th-century and early 19th-century wall monuments, as well as an 18th-century clock face above the south door.