Church Of Saint Hilda

AMPLEFORTH STATION ROAD SE 57 NE (west side)

5/10 Church of Saint Hilda

4.1.55 GV II

Church. 1868 by T.H. and F. Healey incorporating C12 to C14 features from former church on same site. Hammer dressed limestone with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. Victorian Gothic style. West tower, 4-bay nave with north aisle and south porch, 2-bay chancel. Tower: plinth, 2-light trefoil- headed window to west, twin round-headed belfry windows to each face. Embattled parapet with pinnacles. North aisle incorporates re-sited C12 round-arched doorway of 2 orders, one with beakheads. Hoodmould has crude carvings, some representing signs of the zodiac. South porch contains C12 round-arched door of 2 roll-moulded orders carried on shafts with foliate capitals. Hoodmould with foliate decoration and headstops. Nave and chancel windows in early English and Geometric style. East end: 3-light window in Geometric style with 2-light trefoil-headed window to north aisle. Interior: C12 circular font, fluted above central band, on chamfered base. Tower contains early C14 stone effigy of bearded man with a woman peering over his left shoulder. Defaced inscription "Willelmus de .'......." to right edge of monument. C14 incised tomb slab with cross and chalice in north aisle. Pevsner N. "Yorkshire: the North Riding" 1966.

Listing NGR: SE5829578644