Church Of All Saints

NORTH YORSHIRE RYDALE 5340

SE 66 NE FOSTON MAIN STREET (North side)

3/21 Church of All Saints 25.1.54 II*

Church. C12 with C15 alterations and 1911 restoration and extension. Limestone, sandstone and gritstone rubble and ashlar, stone slate and plain tile roof. 4-bay nave with south porch and north aisle, 2-bay chancel with vestry to north. To west, a 2-light square-headed window of 1427 beneath blocked arch of earlier window. Bellcote of 1911. Fragments of C13 floriate cross grave slab built into wall. Nave: C19 2-light windows flanking 1911 timber-framed porch which contains C12 door of 2 moulded orders with richly carved medallion hoodmould resting on beakheads, the whole carried by detached shafts, that to left fluted, with scalloped capitals and square abaci. Medallions represent (from left to right) a beasts, two beasts affronted, a tumbler, David with harp, George and the Dragon. Agnus Dei facing an angel, the Last Supper, unidentified scene with 2 adult figures, a child and an ape, Sagittarius, the Caladrius, two wrestlers and a beast. Chancel: priests' door and lancet to south. East window of 1911 in Decorated style. Interior contains C12 circular font on pillar and C12 pillar piscina with small square fluted bowl on cable-moulded necking set on octagonal stem with chevron ornamentation. 2 C12 acoustic pots set into chancel walls. Bronze memorial to Sydney Smith, rector 1809-29. Pevsner N "Yorkshire: the North Riding" 1966. Walker J.W "Foston Church" in Journal of the British Archaeological association, NS Vol 35, 1929.

Listing NGR: SE6990865170