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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Hemingbrough

North Yorkshire

Late C12 origins to nave

Architectural Features

north transept with C13, C14

C15 additions

late C13 chancel with C15 south chapel and upper stage to north chapel

late C13 south transept with C15 additions

late C13 tower with spire of c1416-1446.

To both sides of nave a band with gargoyles and battlements.

Angels in spandrels under hoodmould.

Late C13 light window with cusped, stepped lancet lights, the outer ones cinque-cusped.

Arcaded tub font of c1200.

Pulpit reputedly of 1717 though with probable restoration, 6- sided with blank arches.

Misericord with leaf trail of c1200.

Bench ends have tracery patterns and one with figure of a jester.

C15 Easter credence with 2-bay front with traceried panels.

Monuments: C15 cadaver.

6 medieval grave slabs of provosts of Hemingbrough, wooden memorial tablet to Dame Lenox Pilkington d1706.