St Mary's Church, Conistone

St Mary's Church, Conistone

St Mary's Church, Conistone, from the southeast

St Mary's Church, Conistone
Location in North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD 980 675
Location Kettlewell Road, Conistone,
North Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Mary, Consitone
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 10 September 1954
Architect(s) Sharpe and Paley
Architectural type Church
Style Norman, Gothic
Groundbreaking 11th century
Completed 1846
Specifications
Floor area Limestone with gritstone dressings
Administration
Parish Kettlewell with Conistone
Deanery Skipton
Archdeaconry Craven
Diocese Bradford
Province York

St Mary's Church, Conistone, is in the village of Conistone, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven and the diocese of Bradford.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]

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History

The church was built in the 11th or 12th century. In 1846 it was rebuilt under the supervision of the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley, who maintained its original Norman style of architecture.[2]

Architecture

St Mary's is constructed in limestone rubble, with gritstone dressings and a stone slate roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a three-bay chancel with a north vestry. On the west gable of the nave is a double bellcote. The east window has three lights. Internally there is an arcade between the nave and the north aisle. The two western arches of the arcade date from the early Norman period, and the two eastern arches are from the 14th century. The bowl of the font is also possibly Norman.[2]

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