St Mary's Church, Carleton-in-Craven
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Carleton-in-Craven, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
There was a church in the village in the Mediaeval period. It was rebuilt in the 16th century, the new building having a square tower, and capable of seating 250 worshippers. It was repaired in 1841, and a gallery was added.[1] However, in 1859, it was demolished, and a new church was built, to a design by F. H. Pownall. It was grade II listed in 1988.[2]
The Gothic revival church is built of stone, with a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a lower chancel, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, buttresses, a west doorway with a trefoil head, and a square stair turret, rising to an octagon, and with a pyramidal roof. The bell openings are paired, and above them is a parapet and a small pyramidal roof. The interior is largely original. The east window, by Clayton and Bell, depicts a tree of Jesse. The font is Norman.[2][3]
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- ^ Lewis, S. (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.