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Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell

The Church of the Holy Family is attached to the service wing of Ince Blundell Hall, near the village of Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is both an estate church and an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The church was built in 1858–60, it was designed by J. J. Scoles, and it contains paintings by Gebhard Flatz. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History Ince Blundell Hall was the home of the Blundell family until 1837 when it passed to the Weld family. Thomas Weld expanded the hall and added a chapel, which is known as the Church of the Holy Family. This was built in 1858–60 and was designed by J. J. Scoles. In the 1960s the church was given to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. It has functioned from the start both as a private chapel and as a place of public worship. Architecture The church is built in brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof. The west face is in two storeys on a stone base. It is in three bays, with the central bay being round-headed and projecting forward. There is a band between the storeys, and at the top is a pediment with foliage in the tympanum. It is surmounted by a cross. In the lower storey are two round-headed windows in the central bay, and one in each of the outer bays. The upper storey contains a central pair of tall round-headed windows under and arch, and in the outer bays are round-headed niches under cornices. To the left of the west front is an enclosed porch with a turret. The rest of the exterior is plain, with clerestory windows along the sides, and an apse at the east end. The interior of the church is in Quattrocento Italianate style with much painted decoration. The nave is in five bays, it has a coffered ceiling, and at the west end is a gallery carried on Doric columns with a balustrade. The painting is in Renaissance arabesque style. The style is similar to that of the interior of the hall, which was executed by J. G. Crace, and Pollard and Pevsner suggest that Crace was also responsible for the interior of the church. The altarpiece was painted by Gebhard Flatz, and there are grisaille paintings in framed panels in the nave, also by Flatz. In the large west window is stained glass by Forrest of Liverpool dating from about 1860–67, and under the gallery are four windows by Hardman from the inter-war years. Also in the church is a memorial brass to Charles Blundell dating from about 1860, containing two angels, an inscription, and a cross. Appraisal The church was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 20 December 1996. Grade II* is the middle of the three grades of listing and is applied to buildings that are "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". See also Listed buildings in Ince Blundell References Citations Sources
Grange Barn, Coggeshall

Grange Barn is a historic timber-framed building in Coggeshall, Essex, England. Grange Barn was built by the Cistercians in the 13th century to serve Coggeshall Abbey. It underwent significant structural alteration in the 14th century. It is Grade I listed. Architecture The barn is 36.57 metres long, 13.71 metres wide and 10.67 metres high. For comparison, England's largest medieval barn, Harmondsworth Great Barn, is 58.55 metres long, 11.3 metres wide, and 11.9 metres high. The barn has a nave and two aisles. There are two midstreys (gabled porches) which would have provided access for wagons: these are 18th century. History According to Historic England, Grange Barn is of "C12/early C13 origin". However it is generally accepted that it is slightly younger than the Barley Barn, also in Essex and dated to c. 1220, which has a claim to being the oldest timber-framed building in the country. Grange Barn is about quarter of a mile from the site of Coggeshall Abbey, which was founded in 1140. Since the dissolution of the Abbey in the 1530s, most of its buildings have disappeared, but the barn remained in continual agricultural use up until 1960 when it was left derelict. Conservation Grange Barn was listed in the 1960s, and in 1982 it was compulsorily purchased by Braintree District Council, after pressure from a local group which also initiated the restoration of the building, the work being completed in 1985. The restoration received a Europa Nostra award. In 1989 the barn was given to the National Trust for its future preservation. The intention is to present the structure as it was in the 14th century. Access Grange Barn is open to the public with a display explaining the history of the Barn, as well as a collection of woodworking tools used by a local craftsman. It is available to hire for special events. References External links Official website
Kirkby Fleetham Hall

Kirkby Fleetham Hall is a historic building in Kirkby Fleetham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The manor of Kirkby Fleetham descended through the Stapleton family, then the Melthams, who sold it in 1600 to the Smelt family, with owners including Leonard Smelt. The property was bought in the 1720s by John Aislabie, MP for Ripon and Chancellor of the Exchequer, for his son William Aislabie, also MP for Ripon. The present house was built in the mid-1700s by William for his daughter, Ann Sophie, who had married William Lawrence. Subsequently, it was left by William's granddaughter, Sophia Elizabeth Lawrence, to her second-cousin once-removed, Harry Edmund Waller, thence to his son Edmund Waller VI, who sold it in 1889 to Edward Courage of the Courage brewing family. Since then much of the estate has been sold off. The hall has gone through several guises including hotel and "country retreat". It has been a family home since 2003 and in 2024 it was made available for a handful of exclusive weddings and events per year. It was grade II* listed in 1966. The country house is built of rendered stone with stone dressings and hipped roofs of stone slate and lead. The main range has two storeys, a basement and attics, and seven bays, to the left is a link wall and a one-storey pavilion, and to the right is a single-storey three-bay wing. The main range has a sill band, the middle five bays have a cornice and a blocking course, and the outer bays project under pediments with moulded cornices. Steps lead up to a central doorway with an architrave, a Doric surround, a frieze and a cornice. In the ground floor of the outer bays are Venetian windows, and the other windows on the front are sashes, the window above the doorway tripartite. In the attic are five dormers with sashes. On the pavilion is a domed cupola with a bell. The north front has eleven bays, the outer three bays on each side projecting and bowed. Inside, the servants' staircase dates from about 1785, while the main staircase is 19th century. There are some early doorcases and cornices, and the dining room has a Neoclassical fireplace. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote References External links Official website
Holy Trinity Church (Southport)

Die der Church of England zugehörige Holy Trinity Church in der westenglischen Küstenstadt Southport in der Grafschaft (county) Merseyside ist der Hl. Dreifaltigkeit geweiht; die Pfarrkirche ist als Grade-II*-Bauwerk eingestuft und gehört zum Major Churches Network. Lage Die Stadt Southport liegt gut 30 km (Fahrtstrecke) nördlich von Liverpool an der Irischen See; die Industriestadt Manchester liegt etwa 75 km östlich. Die Holy Trinity Church befindet sich in der Queens Road ungefähr 2 km vom Meer entfernt. Geschichte Bereits im Jahr 1837 wurde eine Vorgängerkirche gleichen Namens geweiht, doch wurde diese mit dem zunehmenden Wachstum der Stadt zu klein. Im Januar 1904 fand die Grundsteinlegung einer größeren Kirche statt, die am 12. März 1912 geweiht wurde, obwohl der Glockenturm erst ein Jahr später fertig wurde. Architektur Die knapp 50 m lange und ca. 21 m breite Kirche besteht größtenteils aus Ziegelsteinen (bricks); behauene weiße Kalksteine sind nahezu ausschließlich Teilen der Fassade und des Glockenturms vorbehalten, dessen Ecktürmchen (pinnacles) jedoch in den 1960er Jahren durch modelliertes Fiberglas ersetzt wurden. Das mit Natursteinen verkleidete Kircheninnere ist dreischiffig, wobei das Mittelschiff nur geringfügig höher ist als die beiden Seitenschiffe. Weblinks Holy Trinity Church, Southport – Website (englisch) Holy Trinity Church, Southport – Fotos + Baugeschichte (englisch)
Stingamires

Stingamires is a historic house in Bilsdale, a valley in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in the 17th century as a farmhouse, in the form of a cruck-framed longhouse. Around 1756, it was partly rebuilt, providing a service room by the inner parlour. The building was restored in the 20th century as a private house, and it was Grade II* listed in 1990. The two-storey building forms a long range built of sandstone. It has a pantile roof with a tile ridge, replacing earlier thatch. The roof has stone copings and curved kneelers. The house contains a doorway with a chamfered surround, a fire window, and horizontally-sliding sash windows, those in the ground floor with chamfered surrounds, and those above in half-dormers. The attached projecting outbuilding contains a door and a garage door. Inside the house a full cruck truss survives. There is a fireplace dated 1756, with a contemporary cupboard and salt box, an 18th-century stone fireplace, and a 19th-century bread oven. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Bilsdale Midcable References
St Peter's Church, Brafferton

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Brafferton and Helperby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The oldest surviving parts of the church are the chancel and tower, which date from the 15th century. At the time, the church was dedicated to Saint Augustine, but it was later rededicated to Saint Peter. The east chapels and arcade of the chancel were added in the 16th century by Ralph Nevill. Between 1826 and 1831, the nave and east wall of the chancel were rebuilt by James Pigott Pritchett. The church was restored in 1878, and a vestry was added in 1893. The building was Grade II* listed in 1960. The church is built of sandstone, and the chancel has a slate roof. It consists of a nave wider than it is long, a chancel flanked by chapels, a northeast vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, stepped angle buttresses, a south doorway, a three-light west window, two-light bell openings, a south clock face, and an embattled parapet. The nave, chancel and chapels also have embattled parapets. Inside the church is a font with a 14th-century bowl. The east window and window of the south chapel have stained glass manufactured by Charles Eamer Kempe. The north chapel has a 16th-century coat of arms in its stained glass, and also has a stone slab with a carving of a pastoral staff, which may commemorate a Prior of Newburgh. One of the bells is Mediaeval, and another is dated 1598. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Brafferton and Helperby References
St Oswald's Church, Durham

St. Oswald's Church is a Church of England parish church in Durham, County Durham. The church is a grade II* listed building and it dates in part from the 12th century. History The present church dates from the late 12th century, and is likely built on the site of an earlier church. It was rebuilt in 1834 by Ignatius Bonomi. In 1864, Hodgson Fowler rebuilt the tower and the chancel, and added an organ chamber. The church has stained glass windows. The west window dates from 1864 to 1866 and was designed by Morris & Co with some panels by Ford Madox Brown. Other windows were designed by Kempe and Co., and by Clayton and Bell. On 6 May 1952, the church was designated a grade II* listed building. In 1984, the organ and part of the chancel were destroyed by fire. A new organ was built by Peter Collins to the specifications of the organist David Higgins, and installed in a new gallery at the west end of the church. The organ was restored in 2019. Present day St. Oswald's Church is part of the benefice of the Three Saints in the Archdeaconry of Durham of the Diocese of Durham, along with Shincliffe St Mary, Coxhoe St. Mary, and Kelloe St. Helen. The church was until recently also used by the Eastern Orthodox Church of St Cuthbert and St Bede, which has now relocated to the former mortuary chapel in Providence Row. Notable people David Higgins, organist and choirmaster from 1974 to 2006 Will Todd, pianist and composer, who was a choirboy during David Higgins' tenure as choirmaster Notable clergy Anthony Belasyse, later Archdeacon of Colchester, served as vicar in the middle of the 16th century John Bacchus Dykes, served as choirmaster and Vicar from 1862 to his death in 1876, and is buried in the former extension churchyard (now play park) across the road Mowbray O'Rorke, later Bishop of Accra, served a curacy here in Durham. References External links A Church Near You entry
St Oswald's Church, East Harlsey

St Oswald's Church is an Anglican church in East Harlsey, a village in North Yorkshire. A church was built on the site in the 12th century, from which period some of the walls survive, and there is a 15th-century window in the south wall of the chancel. It was altered in the 17th century, and the south porch and bellcote are of this date. The church was largely rebuilt in 1885 by Austin, Johnson and Hicks. It was grade II* listed in 1970. The church is built of stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle. At the west end is a double bellcote with rusticated stonework, four-centred arched bell openings, a moulded cornice, and a pyramidal gable surmounted and flanked by squat obelisks. The porch has a coped gable with three ball finials, and contains a four-centred arched opening with a chamfered surround. Inside, there is an effigy of a knight dating from the 1320s and an 18th-century monument of carved marble. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in East Harlsey References
St Leonard's Church, Thornton-le-Street

St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Thornton-le-Street, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Church of England's Diocese of York. The earliest part of the church dates to the 12th century and it was designated a Grade II* listed building on 20 June 1966. The nave dates to the late 12th century and the chancel with its small vestry date to the 14th century. The church was extensively "restored" in the 19th century. The current east window was added in 1894 and was designed by Charles Eamer Kempe. Currently, the St Leonard's Church is part of the Benefice of the Thorntons and the Otteringtons, with St Andrew's Church, South Otterington and St Michael and All Angels' Church, North Otterington. The benefice sits in the Deanery of Mowbray in the Archdeaconry of Cleveland of the Diocese of York. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Thornton-le-Street Gallery References
St Columba's Church, Topcliffe

St Columba's Church is the parish church of Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the early 13th century, from which period the east wall of the chancel, including the east window, survives. Much of the building was rebuilt in the early 14th century, from which time the lower part of the south wall of the chancel survives, while a tower was added in the 15th century. In 1855 the remainder of the building was rebuilt by George Townsend Andrews, and there were further alterations in 1894 and 1908. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of stone with a Westmorland slate roof, and consists of a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a south porch, a north aisle with a vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a plinth, angle buttresses, bands, a south clock face with a moulded surround, two-light bell openings with hood moulds, corbelled eaves, and an embattled parapet with eight crocketed pinnacles. Inside, there are an early-14th century aumbry, piscina and sedilia. The south window of the chancel has stained glass designed by Edward Burne-Jones, while the nave has stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe. There is a brass memorial to Thomas de Topcliffe, dating from the 1390s. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire References
All Saints' Church, Thirkleby

All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Great Thirkleby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in Thirkleby in or before the 11th century. It was demolished and a new church was built in 1722. In 1852, that building was demolished, and a new church was constructed, to a 14th-century neo-Gothic design by Edward Buckton Lamb. It was commissioned by Louisa Frankland-Russell, in memory of her husband. The building was grade II* listed in 1988. Its distinctive features include an octagonal chapel with a vault below. The church is built of stone, the aisles roofed in Welsh slate and the rest of the church in tile. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a southeast chapel and a north vestry, and a northwest porch and steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages, an octagonal stair turret with a conical roof, circular windows on the east and west fronts, and a three-light window on the north, two-light bell openings, a moulded band with ball flowers, and a broach spire, with finials on the broaches, lucarnes, a scalloped capstone, and an iron finial. Inside, the hammerbeam roofs are visible, while the chapel has a ribbed vault with elaborate bosses. The original font, chapel screen, altar rail and Minton floor tiles survive. There are several memorials to members of the Frankland family, the earliest dating from the 17th century. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Thirkleby High and Low with Osgodby References External links Official website
Thrintoft Chapel

Thrintoft Chapel is a historic building in Thrintoft, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The chapel was founded in 1243, as part of a monastic grange associated with Jervaulx Abbey. It was dedicated to Mary Magdalene. The abbey was suppressed in 1537, and the grange was let out as a private house. The rest of the grange was later demolished, but the former chapel survived, used as a barn. It was grade II* listed in 1953, and in 1999 it was converted into a house. The chapel is built of rubble, with dressings of ashlar and a modern roof. It has a rectangular plan and offset diagonal buttresses. The original pointed-arch door and two windows are infilled with brick, while one pointed-arch window survives. Inside, there is a 15th-century piscina. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) References
Nutwith Cote

Nutwith Cote is a historic building in Burton-on-Yore, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was already a farm on the site in the 12th century, when Fountains Abbey acquired it from Richard de Hedune. It served as a monastic grange until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it was given to Richard Gresham. In 1582, his descendant, William Gresham, sold the farm to Christopher Beckwith, and it remained in the Beckwith family for many generations. The oldest parts of the present house are the rear wings, dating from the early 17th century. The main front was added in the late 18th century. A grand stable was constructed in the early 18th century, and the farm became a noted centre for racehorse breeding, with the horse Bartlett's Childers being stabled there. Of similar date is a coach house, which incorporates 16th-century beehives. Further south are a mid-18th century barn and dovecote. The house, stables, coach house and barn are all Grade II* listed, while the dovecote is grade II listed. The farmhouse is built of stone, with a moulded cornice, a coped parapet, and a stone slate roof with stone coping and shaped kneelers. The main range dates from the 18th century, and has two storeys and a cellar, and four bays. The central doorway has an architrave, a pulvinated frieze and a pediment, and above it is a sundial. The windows on the front are sashes with plain surrounds and moulded sills. To the right and lower is the 17th-century wing, which contains two windows, one with a chamfered surround and above one with a moulded architrave. The stables are also built of stone, and have chamfered quoins and a corrugated asbestos roof. There are two storeys and seven bays. On the front are three doorways with chamfered quoined surrounds and tripartite keystones. The windows are casements with projecting plain stone surrounds and tripartite keystones. The coach house, is similarly built of stone, with quoins, an eaves band, and a stone roof with stone coping. It is a small building, with a single storey and a single bay. It contains an arched entrance with rusticated voussoirs and a keystone. Above, in the gable, is an arched opening with a keystone. To the right is a range of six 16th-century arched bee hives with moulded surrounds and semicircular apses. The stone barn has a stone slate roof with moulded kneelers and stone coping. There is a single storey and three bays. In the centre is an arched wagon entrance with moulded imposts, voussoirs and a keystone. This is flanked by two giant Doric pilasters on plinths, carrying an entablature with a band, a frieze and a moulded cornice. In each outer bay is a doorway with a square opening above. The stone dovecote is now a ruin. It has quoins and a coved cornice. It contains a doorway with a lintel, and above it is a partially ruined oval window. See also Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Burton-on-Yore References
St Paul's Church, Healey

St Paul's Church is the parish church of Healey, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was designed by E. B. Lamb in Decorated style, and was completed in 1848. A local legend claims that funding for the construction came from the winnings of the local horse Ellington, but this is impossible as Ellington only raced in 1855 and 1856. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of stone with Welsh slate roofs. It consists of a nave, a south porch, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a steeple at the crossing. The steeple has a tower with angle buttresses, two-light bell openings, a cornice, and a broach spire with four lucarnes. The transepts are short and flat-roofed with parapets, and each contains an oculus window. Inside, the crossing is of unusual construction, with four narrow arches, with heavy squinches in the corners supporting the tower. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "the real Lamb Grand Slam". The stone altar rail with iron gates, wooden pews and choir stalls, pulpit and font are all designed by Lamb, as are the north and west stained glass windows. The east window was designed by Robert Frankland-Russell. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Healey, North Yorkshire References External links Official website