Church of St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick
Church of St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick | ||
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Style Gothic | | |
Groundbreaking | c. 1160 | |
Specifications | ||
Materials | Stone, stone slate roof | |
Administration | ||
Province | York | |
Diocese | Leeds | |
Archdeaconry | Craven | |
Deanery | Skipton | |
Parish | Barnoldswick | |
Clergy | ||
Vicar(s) | Revd J. R. Lancaster |
The Church of St Mary le Ghyll (also known as St Mary-le-Gill) is in Ghyll Lane,
History
The present church was built to replace an older church on the site in about 1160 by monks from Fountains Abbey.[3] The tower was added in 1524.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Mary's is constructed in stone with a stone slate roof. The plan consists of a continuous nave and chancel, a south aisle with a porch, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses, and a stair turret at the southeast corner. It contains a string course with gargoyles, and has a three-light west window, two-light louvred bell openings, and an embattled parapet. On the south side of the church are three windows and a priest's door. On the north side are four windows, one of which is a lancet. The window at the west end of the aisle has three lights, and the east window consists of three stepped lancets.[2]
Interior
Inside the church is a five-bay arcade carried in octagonal piers. There is a complete set of box pews, and a simple bowl font, On the north wall of the nave is a complete 17th-century three-decker pulpit. Also in the church are painted boards with the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and Creeds, and a churchwardens' pew dated 1836.[2] There is a ring of six bells, three of which were cast in 1723 by Abraham Rudhall I. Another bell, by John Taylor and Company, was added in 1870; the remaining two date from 2007 and 2009, and were also cast by Taylor's.[5]
External features
A building in the churchyard dated 1824 was either a watch house or a bier house. It is a stone structure with a stone slate roof, and is listed at Grade II.[6] The churchyard also contains the war graves of four soldiers and a Royal Navy sailor of World War I, and four soldiers and two Royal Navy personnel of World War II.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Barnoldswick: St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick, Church of England, retrieved 17 June 2012
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Mary le Gill, Barnoldswick (1073421)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2012
- ^ St Mary-le-Ghyll Church, Barnoldswick and Bracewell Parishes, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 13 November 2012
- ^ St Mary-le-Ghyll Church, Barnoldswick and Bracewell Parishes, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 13 November 2012
- ^ Barnoldswickm S Mary le Ghyll, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 17 June 2012
- ^ Historic England, "Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary le Gill, Barnoldswick (1258833)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2012
- ^ BARNOLDSWICK (ST. MARY-LE-GILL) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 12 February 2013