St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke

St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke

St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke, from the south
St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke
Location in North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 54°07′43″N 1°08′39″W / 54.1287°N 1.1441°W / 54.1287; -1.1441
OS grid reference SE 560 707
Location Crayke, North Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Cuthbert, Crayke
History
Dedication Saint Cuthbert
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 17 May 1960
Architect(s) E. G. Paley (restoration)
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Crayke
Deanery Easingwold
Archdeaconry York
Diocese York
Province York
Clergy
Rector Revd Ian Kitchen

St Cuthbert's Church is in the village of Crayke, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Easingwold, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with those of All Saints, Brandsby, and Holy Trinity, Yearsley.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

The present church dates from about 1490 on a site probably occupied by a church in the Anglo-Saxon era.[3] The church was restored and a north aisle was added by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in 1862–63,[4] at a cost of £1,000 (equivalent to £90,000 in 2015).[5][6]

Architecture

The church is constructed in ashlar stone in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a two-bay chancel, and a west tower. The church is battlemented throughout with pinnacles and gargoyles. The tower is in two stages, with a three-light west window in the lower stage and two-light bell openings in the upper stage. The east window has three lights, and contains stained glass by William Wailes. The font is from the 15th century, and the pulpit is dated 1637. The pews date from the 17th century. In the church is a late 16th-century memorial with recumbent stone effigies.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ St Cuthbert, Crayke, Church of England, retrieved 25 August 2011
  2. 1 2 Historic England, "Church of St Cuthbert, Crayke (1314955)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 August 2011
  3. ↑ A Brief History of Crayke : The Church of St Cuthbert in Crayke, Village of Crayke, retrieved 25 August 2011
  4. ↑ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 74, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  5. ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  6. ↑ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 220, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
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