Church Of St Oswald is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1966. A C15 Church.
Church Of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- woven-steel-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SE 4281 9/11
SOWERBY FRONT STREET (east side) Church of St Oswald
(Formerly listed under MAIN STREET)
20.6.66
II* Church. Norman south doorway with two orders of colonnettes, scalloped capitals and one with intertwined trails, zig-zag and beakhead in the arch. Squat three-stage tower, the top stage, with two-light openings and castellations, is an addition, the rest may be C15. Otherwise C19 and C20 of three periods:
(i) the main structure; sandstone ashlar, stone slate roof. Neo-Norman. Cruciform in plan. Aisleless nave, crossing, transepts and short chancel. Elaborate wooden roof structure to interior, 1842 E B Lamb.
(ii) the wooden lantern 1879-83; Hodgson Fowler.
(iii) the north aisle, of almost equal width to nave. Three bays with elongated, octagonal piers. Pointed barrel vault. three-light windows with trefoil heads under straight heads, Brierley 1902.
Later vestry attached to west of aisle. Jacobean panelling near the altar.
Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, North Riding, 1966, p357.
Listing NGR: SE4311581374
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