Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1978. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- lunar-brass-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1978
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen, Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1PJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 987 519
- Coordinates
- 53.96354, -2.02068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen, located on Gargrave Road, was built in 1836, possibly designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. This sandstone church features no aisles but includes a southeast baptistery and a west porch. It is designed in the Early English style, characterized by pointed lancet windows that are divided by statues. Inside, there is a richly carved reredos, triple east lancets, and three altars. The church also has stained glass windows made by Hardman and a west organ gallery.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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