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St Agatha

St Agatha

Easby

North Yorkshire

Late C14, restored 1869 by Sir G G Scott.

Architectural Features

Nave, west end: C12

Porch: late C14.

in west wall, early medieval grave cover set in plinth and chamfered stair vent

South aisle: late C14.

East end of aisle: medieval grave covers with foliate crosses built into plinth

North transept: early C14.

Chancel, south side: C12.

Chancel, east end: pilaster buttresses flanking early C13 round-arched window of 3 pointed lights, with head-stops to label.

Chancel, north side: early C13.

Interior: 3-bay arcade of early C14 double-chamfered arches with labels

original chevron stencils on late C13 octagonal piers with crude capitals

smaller late C13 double-chamfered arch to south chapel

early C14 double-chamfered arch to north transept

C12 bench table along west wall returns along part of north wall.

To west,pointed-arch doorway with C14 door to porch staircase.

NZ1800 : Easby, St. Agatha's Church: c12th font with blind arcading 2

Romanesque lead-lined font with delicate arcading on twisted colonettes and palmette frieze, on later stem.

NZ1800 : Easby, St. Agatha's Church: c12th font with blind arcading 2

© Michael Garlick

brass on south wall to Mrs Eleanor Bowes d1623.

3-seater sedilia with trefoil- headed arches and mid C13 paintings of bishops.

East window: 3 small panels of medieval glass, C12 figures of St John, a Premonstratensian Canon

a C15 angel.

Wall paintings: the church possesses a unique collection of mid C13 frescoes in the chancel discovered during the C19 restoration of the church and delicately restored by Burlinson and Grylls: on the reveals of the 2 easternmost north windows are 4 Rogationtide figures depicting Sowing, Pruning, Digging and Hawking