Ireby Old Church

Ireby Old Church is a redundant parish church that dates back to the 12th century, with alterations made in 1845-6 and restorations in 1880 by Ewan Christian, as well as in 1972 for the Redundant Churches Fund. The church is constructed from large blocks of squared mixed sandstone and limestone, featuring eastern angle buttresses and a chamfered plinth. It has a graduated greenslate roof and consists of a 2-bay chancel with a west open bellcote; the nave, north aisle, and porch were demolished during the 1845-6 alterations.

The west doorway, located in a blocked chancel arch, has a 19th-century surround and incorporates a reused 12th-century tympanum along with a built-in medieval grave slab. There is a north blocked doorway and an 18th-century square window that is partly surrounded by a 16th-century chamfered frame. The east wall has three narrow round-headed windows and one above, all heavily restored in 1880, and it includes two small medieval grave slabs and a larger slab in three pieces.

Inside, the church features a 3-bay wall arcade in the restored east wall and an open timber roof supported by 16th or 17th-century trusses. The south wall contains two blocked 13th-century windows, which are not visible from the outside due to 19th-century refacing. There is a wall plaque dedicated to George Crage of Prior Hall from 1626 and an aedicule monument to Thomas Wilson from 1769. Additionally, the interior includes a medieval piscina and two aumbries. As part of the 19th-century restoration, a stone altar shelf with an incised medieval cross and a grave slab inscribed in Lombardic capitals, "HIC JACET EVA FIL," was built into the east wall. The church was disused after a new church was built in Ireby village and was declared redundant in 1972. It is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.