St Nicholas' Church, Holmpton

The church, in 2016

St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Holmpton, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

There was a church in Holmpton in the mediaeval period. It had a nave with north aisle and chancel, cobble walls and a pantile roof. The north aisle was demolished at some time, then in 1832 a brick tower was constructed. The church was heavily altered between 1874 and 1875, to a design by R. Beevers. He rebuilt the tower, encased the nave and chancel in brick, replaced the windows, and added a vestry. The building was grade II listed in 1987.[1][2]

The church is built of cobbles encased in yellow brick, with dressings in red brick and stone, and a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, and contains a west door with a chamfered pointed arch and a hood mould, above which are lancet windows, some blind, lancet bell openings, a west clock face, and a coped embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. The windows on the body of the church are also lancets. Inside, there is a reredos in the Gothick style, dating from 1895; stained glass by William Wailes; and monuments dating from 1767 and 1820.[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas, Holmpton (1083482)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 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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