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St Oswald

St Oswald

Newton Under Roseberry

North Yorkshire

II* Church, C12, on earlier foundation (north side), with chancel of 1857, west tower of 1901 by Temple Moore

SAXONNORMANC12C17CARVINGSFONTMEDIEVAL

Architectural Features

C17

mid/late C17 porch.

MEDIEVAL

Gabled porch with Columbus cross finial, and medieval grave cover used as lintel.

Built into the fabric of St. Oswald’s Church suggesting the existence of a much earlier church.
SAXONCARVINGS

Broad, squat 3-stage tower, with embattled parapet, angle buttresses and Anglo-Saxon carved corner stone in south side of vice.

Built into the fabric of St. Oswald’s Church suggesting the existence of a much earlier church.

© Mick Garratt

C12

C12 chancel arch, either side of which are squints (10cm square).

MEDIEVAL

Traces of medieval fresco on south wall of nave.

MEDIEVAL

Medieval cross-head used as lintel above piscina of c1900.

NORMANFONT

Norman circular drum-shaped font, the sides of which have continuous intersecting blind arcading and imposts and cable moulding at rim.