St Mary's Church, Kirkby Fleetham
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Kirkby Fleetham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The first church on the site was built in the Viking period. It was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century, from which period the south doorway survives. The nave and south chapel date from the 13th century, while the north aisle and west tower were added in the 15th century. The church was largely rebuilt in 1871, to a design by Henry Woodyer. The building was grade II* listed in 1966.[1][2][3]
The church is built of stone and has roofs of lead and Welsh slate. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, a north aisle, a south porch, a south chapel, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a south stair turret, bands, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet. There is also an embattled parapet along the nave. The south doorway is Norman and round-arched, with one order and zigzag decoration. Inside is a Norman font, which has been reworked, an effigy of Nicholas Stapleton, who died in 1290, and a monument to William Lawrence, carved in 1785 by John Flaxman.[3][4]
See also
[edit]- Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district)
- Listed buildings in Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote
References
[edit]- ^ Lloyd, Chris (13 January 2024). "History of Kirkby Fleetham, near Northallerton, revealed". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ Page, William (1914). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote (1150928)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ 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.