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Holy Trinity and Wall Attached to South East

Holy Trinity And Wall Attached To South East

Bishophill

North Yorkshire

Early C12 crossing piers, north end of west front,

Architectural Features

wall attached to south-east corner incorporating reconstructed mid C14 window

5-bay nave with fragment of triforium c1180, and early C13 arcades

tower of 1453, the lower stage formed from remains of north aisle.

Church remodelled post 1536, when nave was re-roofed with C15 timbers and embattled parapet added.

1902-5 west front reconstructed retaining parts of early C13 west door

west bay of nave re-roofed and north porch added, incorporating parts of early C13 north doorway.

Roofs of tile and slate.

Surviving north- west pier of early C12 crossing, with half cylindrical north respond, divides chancel from nave.

Restored C15 panel-traceried door with inset wicket.

On south-east face of first pier of north arcade is an escutcheon carved with the arms of Micklethwait.

two trusses to east have moulded ties, the seventh a demi-angel boss.

FITTINGS: Fonts: west end of nave, possibly C18 octagonal bowl on C19 shaft and C15 base, with scrolled cover dated 1717 around upper rim, and 1794 around the lower.

At east end of south aisle, disused octagonal font bowl.

At west end of south aisle, medieval altar slab with incised crosses.

Coffin lids: in porch, C13 lid with foliated cross.

Behind pulpit, stone lid reused in C17 with brass inscribed to Alderman Micklethwait, d. 1632.

Amongst numerous fragments of carved stone, the following are reset: St Nicholas Chapel, C11 dragon, waterleaf capital, the upper part of a double coped graveslab and fragments with black letter inscriptions.

Inner porch, west wall, mid C12 acanthus capital.

Other carved and moulded fragments found on the site over a period of time are loose in the church.

Hatchment dated 1832 on wall of south aisle.

STAINED GLASS: east and west windows by Kempe

MONUMENTS: include marble wall monument on south-west crossing pier, to Dr John Burton, d. 1771, physician and author, and wife Mary: parchment scroll draped over a Gothick-traceried tablet, weighted down by the two volumes of his Monasticon Eboracensis, and an urn.