Church of Saint Hilda is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. Church.
Church of Saint Hilda
- WRENN ID
- strange-roof-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Hilda, Station Road, Ampleforth
- OS grid reference
- SE 582 786
- Coordinates
- 54.20026, -1.1079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Hilda is a church built in 1868 by T.H. and F. Healey, which incorporates features from a 12th to 14th-century church that previously stood on the same site. It is constructed from hammer-dressed limestone with ashlar dressings and has a Welsh slate roof, showcasing Victorian Gothic style. The building features a west tower, a four-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a two-bay chancel.
The tower has a plinth and a two-light, trefoil-headed window on the west side, along with twin round-headed belfry windows on each face. It is topped with an embattled parapet and pinnacles. The north aisle includes a re-sited 12th-century round-arched doorway with two orders, one of which has beakheads. The hoodmould above this doorway has crude carvings, some depicting signs of the zodiac. The south porch features a 12th-century round-arched door with two roll-moulded orders supported by shafts with foliate capitals. The hoodmould here is decorated with foliate designs and headstops.
The nave and chancel windows are designed in early English and Geometric styles, with the east end showcasing a three-light window in Geometric style and a two-light, trefoil-headed window in the north aisle. Inside, there is a 12th-century circular font with fluting above a central band, resting on a chamfered base. The tower houses an early 14th-century stone effigy of a bearded man, with a woman looking over his left shoulder, and a defaced inscription reading "Willelmus de .'......." on the right edge of the monument. Additionally, there is a 14th-century incised tomb slab featuring a cross and chalice in the north aisle.
Local climate
Church of Saint Hilda receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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