St Mary
Elland
West Yorkshire
ELLAND CHURCH STREET SE 108211 1 2/21 Church of St Mary 24.1.68 I Church, mainly Cl3 and C14 with chancel arch c.118O, tower c.1490 and other additions and alterations.
Architectural Features
Chancel has late Cl5 windows with depressed arched heads.
South porch of 1696 with round arch and gable surmounted by reset sundial of 1648.
The chancel has angle buttresses with goblets and gargoyles, and the angle buttresses at the east end of the aisles have the Savile Owl carved on an offset.
Interior: Chancel arch perhaps c.1180 (c.f. Kirkstall Abbey Church), but altered to a steeper angle.
Chancel of 2 bays with Cl5 slightly cambered panelled ceiling with moulded ribs.
Furnishings: the east window is high quality Cl5 work which depicts the life of the Virgin restored and slightly rearranged by William Wailes of Newcastle c.185O who also designed the west window in 1866.
Parclose screens of Cl6 or early C17 of simple design with tracery at heads, and rood screen designer by Fellowes Prynne c.1920 in florid German Gothic.