Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1980. Church.

Church Of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1980
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS ROAD 1. (north side) 5342 ------------ Church of St Mary SE 6032 SE 3/92

II

    1. Roman Catholic. Architect: Messrs Hanson of Bath. Built at expense of Hon Laura Maria Petre (1811-86), widow of the Hon E R Petre (1795-1848); Liberal MP for York (1832-2) and Lord of the Manor of Selby (1801-48); to accommodate the influx of Irish labourers in the Town. Hammer-dressed stone. Ashlar dressings. Pitched slate roof. Decorated style. Nave, chancel, lean-to aisles, tower over south door with broach spire and diagonal buttresses, apsidal baptistery at west end, vestry and sacristry, and a quite exceptional north-west chapel decorated internally with undressed stone in the manner of a grotto. Interior: Elaborately sculpted pulpit, contemporary font, and crocketed font cover. Three-bay arcade to west gallery. Stained glass. East window by Wailes. Window of Sacred Heart Chapel by Ball.

Listing NGR: SE6089532153

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