Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors
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Christ Church is the parish church of Appleton-le-Moors, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
Appleton-le-Moors was historically in the parish of
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The church is built in limestone with slate roofs, and some of its interior details are in Rosedale ironstone. It consists of a nave with a narthex, north and south aisles, a chancel with an apse and a north chapel, and a southeast steeple. The steeple has a tower with two-light bell openings, shafts and lucarnes, and a pyramidal spire. At the west end, the narthex projects between buttresses, and the entrance arch has three orders, shafts and foliate capitals. Above it, in the gable, is a large rose window, with a botanical theme, filled with stained glass by Clayton and Bell which depicts Christian virtues. The windows elsewhere are lancets. There is a west porch, which shelters two doors into the church, between which sit the font. Inside, there is a hammerbeam roof, and pink sgraffito decoration in a Classical style,[2][3] by Clayton & Bell, who also designed the stained glass.[4]
Further reading
References
- ^ Page, William (1914). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Christ Church (1173545)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Christ Church". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ISBN 9780957599222.