St Mary's Church, Ellerton

The church, in 2011

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Ellerton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England.

Ellerton Priory was founded in the early 13th century, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the village's parish church was on the site of the priory.[1] The church was demolished and between 1846 and 1848 a replacement was constructed, to a Decorated Gothic design by John Loughborough Pearson. The church was grade II listed in 1966.[2] It closed in 1978, and its fittings were removed in 1984, the work including the transfer of 14th-century stained glass to Selby Abbey. The windows were destroyed and parts of the roof collapsed, and by 1995 there was a plan to demolish the ruins. Instead, the Ellerton Church Preservation Trust was formed, and gradually restored the building to a design by Peter Pace, installing new stained glass windows and fittings.[1]

The church is built of stone of varying colours, with a Westmorland slate roof. It consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the west gable is two-light bellcote with pointed openings on round shafts, and a pyramidal stone roof.[2][3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "About us". Ellerton Priory. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Ellerton (1083208)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
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