| Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales | |
Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, from the west
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Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales
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| OS grid reference | NZ 941 059 |
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| Location | Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire |
| Country | 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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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older church; a church has been present on the site since the medieval era.[1] This church closed in 1870 when it was superseded by a new church, also dedicated to Saint Stephen, on a new site near the railway station.[3] The old church was vested in the Trust on 1 December 1986.[4]
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]
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]