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St Mary Bishophill Junior

St Mary Bishophill Junior

Bishophill

North Yorkshire

YORK SE5951SE BISHOPHILL JUNIOR 1112-1/20/35 (North West side) 14/06/54 Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior I Parish church.

Architectural Features

C10 tower, heightened in early C11, repaired, reroofed and embattled c1411

late C11 nave with mid C12 north arcade and north aisle

early C13 chancel extended c1300

mid C14 south aisle and chancel north chapel

nave reroofed C15.

MATERIALS: base of tower of Roman saxa quadrata beneath irregularly coursed magnesian limestone and gritstone rubble with herringbone brickwork bands.

C15 ceiling to tower ground stage, carried on chamfered beam supported at north end on stone corbelled arch-braced post.

FITTINGS: medieval font with octagonal bowl with round upper section, on octagonal stem and C19 base

Hatchment dated 1793.

Reredos and octagonal pulpit with tester of 1889, by Temple Moore.

4 panels of late C15 glass reset in second south window of chancel.

2 bells, one C14, the other C15, await re-hanging at west end of nave.

Monuments include a wall tablet in bolection moulded surround, to Frances Nicholson, d. 1721.