Church of the Ascension
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1189906
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Ascension
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1189906
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Ascension
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, CHURCH 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 THE ASCENSION, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Whixley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 44204 58297
Details
SE 45 NW WHIXLEY CHURCH STREET (north side, off)
3/75 Church of The Ascension
15.3.66 II*
Church of the Ascension. Mainly early C14 with some restoration 1862 possibly by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Ashlar with stone and lead roof. West tower, 3-bay nave with north and south aisles enclosing tower, 2-bay chancel. West tower of 3 stages with Perpendicular window to belfry, embattled parapet with crocketted finials and pyramidal roof. North and south aisles of 4 bays with intersected tracery to two 3-light windows. South porch has hoodmould with head-stops, the arch has ballflower decoration. Lower, 2-bay chancel has two 3-light windows similar to aisle. Door between has hoodmould with head-stops. East window of 5 lights with cusping and 6-pointed roundel to top. Chancel north side has a round-headed window at east end. Buttresses to aisles and chancel have offsets and ridged sloping tops repeated in the window ledges. Ashlar copings with crocketted finials, gable cross to chancel. Interior: quatrefoil columns carry north and south arcades under the tower. Double-chamfered arches have hoodmoulds on head-stops. South aisle has piscina at east end and tomb of Christopher Tancred (d. 1754) at the west end. Christopher Tancred's tomb was removed from the chapel at Whixley Hall (q.v.) in 1905.
Listing NGR: SE4420458297
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330654
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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