Christ Church, Westerdale
Christ Church is the parish church of Westerdale, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
A church existed in Westerdale in the Mediaeval period, perhaps having been built in the Norman era. It was entirely rebuilt in 1838, perhaps incorporating some of the old stone.[1] In 1875, a chancel, vestry and organ chamber were added to a design by William Falkenbridge, and the interior was restored. A porch was added in 1896, when the building was again restored, and the chancel was further renovated in 1911. The building was grade II listed in 1969.[2][3][4]
It is built in sandstone with a Lakeland slate roof, and consists of a west tower, a nave, a porch in the angle of the tower and nave, and a chancel with a north aisle and a south porch-vestry. The tower has two stages, stepped diagonal buttresses, bands, lancet windows, round-arched single-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. On the west front is a fragment of a 12th-century arch above a segmental-headed dated plaque. Inside, there are three Mediaeval grave covers and some fragments of a cross.[4][5]
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References
- ↑ Wilson, Carol (2012). "Christ Church, Westerdale; the parish and its church". The Ryedale Historian (26). Helmsley: Helmsley Archaeological and Historical Society: 23. ISSN 1362-5365.
- ↑ Rhea, Nicholas (19 July 2013). "A remote dale that just oozes history". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Page, William (1923). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Christ Church, Westerdale (1148566)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ↑ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.