Weight: 691 lbs Bell 1 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1869
Dove Bell ID: 4868 Tower ID: 17613 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nidd: St Paul & St Margaret
Overview
Grid reference: SE 301 608
By T.F. Healey of Bradford and Halifax, 1866, on a site of some antiquity. The tower, easily visible from the A61 and from more distant views from the west, stands three storeys high- a tall ground-stage, with a pair of lancets at the west, and middle and belfry stages of approximately the same height towards the top of the steep slope leading up to the Hall behind.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
West tower, nave with north aisle, chancel with north vestry, south-west porch.
Dimensions:
The internal width of the nave is approximately 21 feet and the width of the aisle a further 13 feet. The nave is approximately 39 feet long and chancel 24 feet.
Footprint of Church buildings: 267 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
By T.F. Healey of Bradford and Halifax, 1866, on a site of some antiquity.
Exterior Description
The tower, easily visible from the A61 and from more distant views from the west, stands three storeys high- a tall ground-stage, with a pair of lancets at the west, and middle and belfry stages of approximately the same height towards the top of the steep slope leading up to the Hall behind. At the corners are flat clasping buttresses, and these rise to the base of the belfry stage. At the north east corner is a polygonal stair-turret, with a spirical cap of ashlar. At the top is a castellated parapet and a pinnacle at each corner.
There is a great variety of window forms, all Decorated in style. The chancel east window has plate tracery in the head with a trefoil and two quatrefoils. The chancel south windows are of two and one light respectively, the two-light south-east window having simple Y tracery. The aisle has four windows, of which the inner are of two cinquefoiled lights; that at the west is of two sharply pointed lancets with a trefoil in the head, while the eastern most window has three cinquefoiled lights under a wide and very deep reveal. The nave south windows are both of three lights, taking the form of elongated trefoils. But one is much wider than the other, and the narrower has more elaborate tracery.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1867
Chancel east window. Three lights with plate tracery consisting of three quatrefoils. The three main lights each have two colourful and attractive scenes from the Life of Christ, set against a delicate background of etched quarries.
Stained Glass
1890
Chancel south window. Single lancet. Conventional representation of Christ as the Good Shepherd erected by the children of the Revd. Aaron Manby as a memorial to him and his wife. 1890. By John Hardman and Company of Birmingham.
Stained Glass
1860s
Nave south wall, 1st from east. Three lights, representing the Three Maries and a memorial to Mary Rawson, 1787-1863. Highly stylised. By H.M. Barnett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Stained Glass
1970
Nave south wall, westerly window. A memorial to Piers Henry Augustine Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret, 1903-1966, and his widow, who died 1968. Signed by Patrick Feeney of the John Hardman Studios, Birmingham. Inserted 1970.
Stained Glass
West window of north aisle. A characteristic window by Hugh Easton, the usual large-scale representation of a heroic red-robed Christ and a memorial to Robinia Marion, d. 1944, widow of Henry Edmund Butler, the 14th Viscount Montgarret.
Stained Glass
c. 1886
North aisle west. Two light window representing Christ expounding the Scriptures in the synagogue, c. 1886. By John Hardman and Co. Birmingham.
Stained Glass
1900
North aisle, 2nd from west. By Kempe, or his firm. Characteristic of its late date (1900). A memorial to Henry Edmund, 13th Viscount Mountgarret, 1816-1900.
Stained Glass
1900
North aisle, 3rd from west. Also very characteristic late Kempe. The subject is the Annunciation, and the Blessed Virgin and Gabriel both have heavily bejewelled robes. A memorial to Mary Eleanor Butler , d. 1900.
Stained Glass
1900
North aisle, 4th from west. This is of three lights (the other aisle north windows are of two lights) and depicts a female saint, the Virgin and Child (centre) , and St. Elizabeth. By Kempe
Interior
Interior Description
The walls are internally of smoothly dressed ashlar and there is an abundance of good detailing. Typical of this is the tower space, designed to serve as a baptistery, which is approached through a lofty tower arch which has an inner order supported by corbels: inside, the baptistery is tone vaulted, the ribs springing from capitals in the four corners. The west window is of two plain lancets seen externally, but inside it is deeply splayed and there is a centre free standing colonette which adds greatly to the rich sculptural character of the baptistery as glimpsed from the nave. A similar attention to detail is evident in the stone screen pierced by two arches with a sexfoil in the head which stands at the east end of the aisle.
The arcade is four bays long, and the piers and their capitals are of the style of c.1300 - the piers arequatrefoil in plan, with richly moulded capitals.
The aisle roof is flat, with each bay divided into four panels and traceried spandrels at the junction between the bays. The nave roof is of the trussed rafter variety, and the chancel roof is similar in profile but panelled and with bosses at the intersections.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
In the tower-space, which forms a baptistery. The font appears to be 12th century and has a circular upper part which then tapers markedly towards the base. Clearly from the earlier church on the site.
Organ (object)
A two-manual instrument by Bevington and Sons of London with 9 speaking stops.
Table
17th Century
At the west end of the aisle is a table with turned baluster legs, 17th century, and no doubt the Communion table from the earlier church,
Pulpit
1866
The pulpit consists of two wooden panels set on a stone base; very good quality pierced open work frieze above solid panelling with blank arcading.
Stall
c.1866
Open arcades designed in a vigorous tough manner which is typical of the 1860's.
Reredos
c. 1920
The low wooden screen, the chancel panelling and the reredos are elaborately carved and fretted in the Perpendicular style of c. 1920.
Screen
c. 1920
The low wooden screen, the chancel panelling and the reredos are elaborately carved and fretted in the Perpendicular style of c. 1920.
Panelling
c. 1920
The low wooden screen, the chancel panelling and the reredos are elaborately carved and fretted in the Perpendicular style of c. 1920.
Bells
Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1869
Dove Bell ID: 48719 Tower ID: 17613 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Bell 3 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1869
Dove Bell ID: 48720 Tower ID: 17613 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1869
Dove Bell ID: 48721 Tower ID: 17613 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1869
Dove Bell ID: 48722 Tower ID: 17613 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 301 608
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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