Church of St Oswald
CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1083305
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Oswald
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1083305
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Oswald
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST OSWALD, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hotham
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 89440 34580
Details
SE 8934 HOTHAM MAIN STREET (east side)
16/40 Church of St Oswald 16.12.66 GV II *
Church. Early C12 tower restored in 1789; early C19 extension to nave; nave and chancel heavily restored 1905 by F S Brodrick. Ashlar and rubble, with brick nave extension, plain tile roof. West tower, 3-bay nave with single- bay extension to north, 2-bay chancel with vestry to north. Broad, squat tower with round-arched west door, 2 roll-moulded orders on scalloped capitals within the soffit of the arch. 2-light cinque-cusped pointed window above breaks zigzag band which is continuous around all three exposed faces. Tower refaced above window. Round-arched belfry windows to each face. Nave south side: porch with pointed doorway to west and 2 pointed windows with 3 stepped lights and continuous sill band to east. Stepped buttress at junction of nave and chancel. Nave north side: 3-light window with pointed tracery. Stone coped gables, ridge crosses to nave and chancel. Extension has pointed window and round-arched doorway to west facade and flat-headed doorway and round-arched window to north facade. Vestry: gabled to north with 2-light pointed window. Chancel south side: 2-light window with geometric tracery and blocked priest's door. East end 3-light pointed window with geometric tracery. Interior: tower arch of 2 orders on scalloped capitals with zigzag to outer order. Pevsner N, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, 1972.
Listing NGR: SE8944034580
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165003
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, (1972)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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