List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD
List Entry Number: 1294328
Location
OLD CHURCH OF HOLY ROOD, WHORLTON LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: North Yorkshire
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Whorlton
National Park: NORTH YORK MOORS
Grade: I
Date first listed: 23-Jun-1966
Date of most recent amendment: 30-Oct-1990
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 333236
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
NZ 40 SE WHORLTON WHORLTON LANE
9/177 Old Church of Holy Rood
(formerly listed as Church
23.6.66 of the Holy Cross, now
Mortuary Chapel)
I
Church now a controlled ruin except for chancel, still in occasional use as
mortuary chapel. Mid and late C12, C13 and C14 with C19 and C20 restorations.
Remaining are; nave arcades, south tower-porth, fragments of west wall; and
chancel. Older parts small roughly-coursed sandstone, later parts coursed squared
tooled sandstone. Tower roof stone slates, chancel roof Welsh slate.
North arcade (buttressed in C19 but west bay gone) has scalloped capitals and
single-chamfered arches. Similar capitals to piers of roll-moulded chancel
arch. Taller south arcade has stepped arches on moulded capitals. Inserted
C14 Tower has pointed-arched inner door, ogee-headed bell openings and plain
blocking course below pyramidal roof with ball-on-spike finial. Remnant of
quatrefoil-panelled parapet over south arcade, perhaps added when tower was
built. Gabled buttresses to chancel.
Chancel windows pointed geometrical with heavy headstopped hoodmoulds, except
for one of 3 lights with carved shields over and a restored C14 east window.
A projection on the north wall accommodates a large relocated late Perpendicular
tomb recess with an earlier oak effigy. Replaced timber roof. Trefoiled piscina
and a tub font on chamfered plinth. Small, blocked pointed-arched priest's
door.
Listing NGR: NZ4834002455
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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 48329 02446
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