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Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales 
Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, from the westLocation in North Yorkshire
Old St Stephen's Church, FylingdalesCoordinates: 54°26′25″N 0°32′59″W / 54.4402°N 0.5497°W OS grid reference NZ 941 059 Location Robin Hood's Bay,
North YorkshireCountry England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Stephen Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 6 October 1969 Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Completed 1822 Closed 1870 Specifications Materials Sandstone, slate roof Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, is a redundant Anglican church standing on a hillside in Fylingdales, overlooking Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2]
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History
The church was built in 1822 replacing an older church; a church has been present on the site since the medieval era.[1] This church closed in 1870 when it was superseded by a new church, also dedicated to Saint Stephen, on a new site near the railway station.[3] The old church was vested in the Trust on 1 December 1986.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in sandstone with a purple slate roof. It is a simple building comprising a single-cell "preaching box", with a six-bay nave, a small sanctuary, a south porch and a north vestry. At the west end of the church is a bell-cupola. The architectural style of the church is Gothic Revival. Above the porch is a sundial bearing the dates 1736, 1864 and 1919. Inside the porch are wooden benches. In the walls of the nave are windows with pointed arches. There is a square-headed door in the south wall of the sanctuary. The east window in similar to those in the nave, and it is flanked by diagonal buttresses. In the wall of the vestry is a 15-pane window.[1]
Interior
The interior of the church contains its original Georgian fittings. These include a panelled gallery on the north and west sides that is carried by Doric columns, a pulpit on the south wall with a sounding board, and box pews. One of these pews carries the name and the coat of arms of the Farsyde family. There are also memorial tablets to members of the Farsyde family. The font dates from the early 18th century.[1]
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St Stephen, Fylingdales", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1148706, retrieved 15 May 2011
- ^ St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Stephens-Church-Fylingdales-North-Yorkshire/, retrieved 28 March 2011
- ^ The Parish Church of St. Stephen, Fylingdales, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fylingdales/, retrieved 13 September 2010
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of York: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 2, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811221/york%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 3 April 2011
Categories:- Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- Grade I listed churches
- Buildings and structures completed in 1822
- 19th-century church buildings
- Gothic Revival architecture in North Yorkshire
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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