Building record MYO475 - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

Summary

Church. 1877, by William White. Coursed sandstone with brick interior dressings and Welsh slate roof. Early C14 Gothic Revival style. 4 bells all dating to 1886 by John Warner and Sons.

Location

Grid reference SE 7011 4747 (point)
Map sheet SE74NW
Civil Parish Elvington, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

Church. 1877, by William White. Coursed sandstone with brick interior dressings and Welsh slate roof. Early C14 Gothic Revival style. North-West tower with entrance, 4-bay nave with north aisle, chancel with 5-sided apse, north vestry. Stepped 3-stage tower: plinth, quoins. To ground floor, north side a pointed plank doorway under hoodmould. Lancet windows. 4 ashlar bands. The upper stage surmounted by shingled belfry. Tent roof. Nave: north aisle, plinth. 2nd and 4th bays have 2-light, cusped windows with quatrefoils above projecting into gables. Otherwise similar small 3-light window. Band above sill level. South side: plinth. Quoins. Buttresses with offsets. Two 4 and one 2-light windows with Geometrical tracery under hoodmoulds. West end has similar 4-light window but incorporating Y-tracery. North facade: gable-ended vestry has plinth and quoins. Original drawing by White in N.M.R. Dated December 15, 1874 shows slightly different design with central tower. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, 1978, p.223.
Listing NGR: SE7011447472

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

Bells: 4 bells all dating to 1886 by John Warner and Sons. CARE No 43/087

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Feb 14 2017 3:05PM

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