St Oswald's Church, Flamborough
St Oswald's Church is the parish church of Flamborough, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.
The church was built about 1100, from which period the chancel arch and some walling survive.[1] It was largely rebuilt in the late mediaeval period, in the Perpendicular Gothic style. By the mid-19th century, it consisted of a nave and chancel, both with north and south aisles, but had no tower, only a wooden belfry.[2] Most of the church was rebuilt in 1864, to a design by Richard George Smith. A porch was added in 1893, and a tower in 1896, both designed by C. Hodgson Fowler. The building was grade II* listed in 1966.[1][3]
Most of the church is built in stone, the north aisle is in cobble, and the roofs are in slate. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a clerestory, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a plinth, string courses, clasping buttresses, a three-light west window, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. On the south front is a canopied niche with a sculpture.[1][4]
Inside, there is a 15th-century chancel screen which probably came from Bridlington Priory, and a rood loft above with 15 niches with canopies, though all the statues have been removed. There is a 12th-century font with a lozenge ornament.[1][3]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Church of St Oswald, Flamborough (1162230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ Glynne, Stephen (1890). "St Oswald, Flamborough". The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. XV.
- 1 2 "St Oswald". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ 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.