Church of Saint Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. Church.
Church of Saint Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- vast-cobble-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Lawrence, Main Street, Aldfield
- OS grid reference
- SE 265 694
- Coordinates
- 54.12044, -1.59481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble and features a Westmorland slate roof. The church has a three-bay nave and a west bell-cote, with a north transept that includes a vestry and a shallow east projection. On the south side, there is a central six-panel double door with chamfered jambs, situated beneath a round-arched window adorned with Gothick tracery. Flanking this are additional Gothick windows featuring Y tracery. Below the eaves, there is a sundial with the inscription: '1696 Mr. A. SMITH R.W R.L'. The gable copings are lead-covered.
The rear (north) side showcases a projecting north transept made of well-dressed stone. The west end features a bell-cote supported by a projecting shouldered buttress, which includes a central studded board door and stone steps, possibly serving as a mounting block, to the left. The east window in the narrow gabled projection has two trefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil.
Inside, there is a reduced pointed arch leading to the vestry, and the shallow sanctuary area is paved with marble and stone slabs. The vaulted ceiling is decorated with moulded plaster ribs. To the right of the entrance, there is a three-decker pulpit with a sounding board and original candlesticks. The church also features a low altar rail with turned balusters and box pews throughout the body of the church, with an organ inserted across the west doorway.
Local climate
Church of Saint Lawrence receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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