Building record MYO495 - CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SE 6681 5270 (point) |
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Map sheet | SE65SE |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
Civil Parish | Dunnington, City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Type and Period (10)
- STRUCTURE (Late C11, Medieval - 1067 AD to 1099 AD)
- CHURCH (C12, Medieval - 1100 AD to 1199 AD)
- CHURCH (C19, Late C18 to Late C19 - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- CHURCH (C13, Medieval - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)
- CHURCH (C15, Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
- CHURCH (1717, Early C18 - 1717 AD to 1717 AD)
- CHURCH (1738-40, Mid C18 - 1738 AD to 1740 AD)
- CHURCH (1839-41, Mid C19 - 1839 AD to 1841 AD)
- CHURCH (1877, Late C19 - 1877 AD to 1877 AD)
- CHURCH (1930, C20 - 1930 AD to 1930 AD)
Full Description
Church. Late Cll origins, C12 nave with C19 aisles, C13 chancel with C19 aisles and north porch, C12 lower stage to tower with C15 upper stage, with repairs and restorations of 1717, 1738-40 and rebuilding of 1839-41 and 1877 and alterations of 1930. Rebuilding of 1877 by C.H. Fowler. Limestone, sandstone, and millstone grit with Welsh slate, red plain tile and lead roof. West tower, 2-bay aisled nave, north porch, 3-bay aisled chancel. Tower in 2 stages with slits to lower stage, string course and embattled upper stage with twin bell-openings to each side. North porch has round arch with roll-moulding. Plank door in round-arched surround. Nave has tall round-headed windows. Clerestorey has 3-rounded-light, straight-headed windows. Chancel: south aisle has re-used pointed priest's doorway in double-chamfered surround. Aisles have re-used 2-light windows with reticulated tracery to heads and with Y tracery, all recut. East window of 3 lights with reticulated tracery to the head. Interior: round tower arch has plain responds. Slit window above. Nave has arcade with double- chamfered round arches on circular piers. Chancel: south side has 2-bay, double-chamfered pointed arcade on octagonal piers. North side has pointed chamfered arch, window with Y-tracery, C13 piscina and 2 sedilia and further slit window. C13 brackets now supporting C19 alabaster statues to each side of east window. C19 stained glass, that to east window of 1839-41 by W. Wailes. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire: York and The East Riding, 1978, p.219.
Listing NGR: SE6681852708
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
Bells: 3 bells. Bell 1 dates to 1639 and is on the preservation list. It was constructed by Abraham Smith. It has a diameter of 29.75 and plays the note of C#. Bell 2 dates to 1700 by Samuel I Smith, note B, diameter 29.19 and bell 3 dates to 1727 by Samuel II Smith note A#, diameter 31. CARE no. 43/050
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Record last edited
Jul 17 2019 3:11PM