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St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke 
St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke, from the southLocation in North Yorkshire
St Cuthbert's Church, CraykeCoordinates: 54°07′43″N 1°08′39″W / 54.1287°N 1.1441°W OS grid reference SE 560 707 Location Crayke, North Yorkshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Cuthbert, Crayke History Dedication Saint Cuthbert Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 17 May 1960 Architect(s) E. G. Paley (restoration) Architectural type Church Style Gothic, Gothic Revival Specifications Materials Stone Administration Parish Crayke Deanery Easingwold Archdeaconry York Diocese York Province York Clergy Rector Revd Ian Kitchen St Cuthbert's Church, Crayke, is located in the village of Crayke, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Easingwold, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with those of All Saints, Brandsby, and Holy Trinity, Yearsley.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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History
The present church dates from about 1490 on a site probably occupied by a church in the Anglo-Saxon era.[3] The church was restored, and a north aisle was added, by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in 1862–63.[4]
Architecture
The church is constructed in ashlar stone in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a two-bay chancel, and a west tower. The church is battlemented throughout with pinnacles and gargoyles. The tower is in two stages, with a three-light west window in the lower stage and two-light bell openings in the upper stage. The east window has three lights, and contains stained glass by William Wailes. The font is from the 15th century, and the pulpit is dated 1637. The pews date from the 17th century. In the church is a late 16th-century memorial with recumbent stone effigies.[2]
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
References
- ^ St Cuthbert, Crayke, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/crayke-st-cuthbert/, retrieved 25 August 2011
- ^ a b Church of St Cuthbert, Crayke (1314955). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ A Brief History of Crayke : The Church of St Cuthbert in Crayke, Village of Crayke, http://www.crayke.org.uk/cuthbert.cfm, retrieved 25 August 2011
- ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 74, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
Categories:- Church of England churches in North Yorkshire
- Diocese of York
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- English Gothic architecture
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- E. G. Paley buildings
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