Former Christ Church with wall, railings and gates with overthrow

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DISHFORTH Dishford Village Hall Former Christ Church with wall, railings and gates with overthrow

(Formerly listed as Christ Church with wall, railings and gates with overthrow, MAIN STREET)

GV II Former church and attached railings with gates and overthrow. 1791, restored and extended c1880 by G Mallinson of Ripon. Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof, grey slates to apse. West porch, three bay nave with north aisle and polygonal apse.

West end: C19 porch with pointed-arched doorway and two C19 cusped oculi above, gable bellcote or finial base. South elevation: two C18 Y-tracery windows, added organ chamber on right, coped gables with shaped kneelers, and finials at west end; reused Y-tracery window to north aisle.

Interior: three bay arcade with foliate capitals, wide and low chancel arch, all in 1880s Decorated style. Elaborate C19 pulpit stands close to the organ at the south-east corner. Font at west end of north aisle probably late C18 with shallow bowl on squat quatrefoil column.

Railings to west and south: low wall with pointed coping carries wrought-iron railing of plain bars with beaded finials. West side: on left a single-leaf gate; to centre a two-leaf gate with bars, dogbars, curved braces to lower half, and round-arched overthrow with scroll decoration and lantern bracket.

An illustration in the church shows it before and after restoration. The original plan was a rectangular body with east gallery and west porch.

Listing NGR: SE3823773093