Weight: 169 lbs Diameter: 18.13" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Walter de Easingwold
Dove Bell ID: 59540 Tower ID: 23223 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Scrayingham: St Peter & St Paul
Diocese of York
Church, 643132
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18997/Overview
Grid reference: SE 732 603
Saxon north and west walls, with blocked windows in the former and early Saxon sculpture (dated c. 800) set in Victorian vestry north wall. Other medieval sculpture set in vestry is of high significance. C14 doorway. The nave south wall, vestry and chancel were reconstructed in 1853 by G. T. Andrews.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with south aisle, porch, chancel and vestry.
Footprint of Church buildings: 253 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The site has very high archaeological potential, as part of a medieval village with considerable Roman remains in the area
The site is heavily buried to the S, N and W of the church.
Little information survives regarding the history of the small village of Scrayingham. There is local evidence of very early inhabitation from the Bronze Age, although not in Scrayingham itself. Pocklington was the regional capital of the Parisi tribe during the Iron Age and the Wolds, just to the north, contain considerable archaeological remains from the Neolithic period onwards. The Roman settlement at Ebor, York, stimulated the development of the area from the end of the first century AD. The area became a centre of iron and pottery manufacturing.
From the late C8 the area was subject to Viking raids and later settlements, and there are considerable archaeological survivals in the Wolds and elsewhere of early-Anglo Saxon items, both Christian and Pagan. The village was surveyed at Domesday, when it was called Escraingham and a township of Pocklington.
The area was a local centre for wool trading during the later Middle Ages, perhaps generating the income that paid for the church’s north door. But there is little surviving evidence of medieval settlements in Scrayingham. Through the early modern period, the Wolds was a hedgeless and treeless countryside, given over, largely, to sheep. Enclosure intensified but both arable and pastoral farming continued.
There are mature trees and bushes within the churchyard. No known preservation orders.
Exterior Description
The church consists of nave, south aisle, chancel and vestry. The nave has a bellcote with two bells at the west end, above a tall lancet with a trefoil, of the 1850s, but set in a Saxon wall. The west wall has a single buttress to the south.
The north wall is Saxon, with two, very small blocked windows with segmental arches. It is constructed in limestone ashlar of very high quality. It has two buttresses and three Victorian windows. There is a blocked north door, probably C14, opposite the main entrance to the south.
The aisle is of the 1850s, with angle buttresses, a plinth, and four traceried windows, roughly of a late-C13 style, with trefoils set in circular frames above two trefoiled lights. The window embrasures have shallow arched heads. The porch is set on low stone walls but others of open timber work in the gothic style, with steeply pitched roof and trefoil arched openings. The external stonework appears to be using medieval stones, with a brick core (visible from the interior).
The chancel has two south windows, one of two lights, the other of one, in keeping with those of the chancel, but set in apertures with two-centred arches and with labels. There is a south doorway. The chancel has a gable end, with a large west window of three trefoiled lights, with roughly Geometrical tracery – a central circle containing a quatrefoil, with trefoils to either side. It has a diagonal buttress to the south and a second to the north, in line with the east wall. Scratch dial to south wall.
The Victorian vestry has a trefoil window to the east and a north door.
Building Fabric and Features
Nave
19th century
Aisle
19th century
Porch
19th century
Chancel
19th century
Vestry
19th century
Building Materials
Limestone
19th century ashlar
Slate
19th century roof
Brick
19th century vestry
Timber
19th century porch
Painted Plaster
19th century
Interior
Interior Description
The south arcade of the 1850s is of four bays, with large drum piers and very plain capitals, probably C13 in style. The capitals have been decorated. It has four windows, as described above, each of two lights with late-C13 style tracery, and stained glass, described below. The aisle has a simple, timber lean –to roof.
The nave has a large west lancet window and three Victorian windows to the north. The large Victorian roof has tie and collar beams, connected by diagonal struts, each cusped, as well as a purlin, ridge beam, and wind braces. The panels between the minor rafters have been plastered. The nave walls have been plastered and paints, and the flooring includes timber and stone flags.
The chancel is also plastered and painted, with timber floors, and chancel and sanctuary steps. The east and south windows have been described above, and contain stained glass. It has a timber, scissor truss roof. Glass partition inserted into Victorian chancel arch.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
19th century Simple oak frame tables in chancel and aisle.
Pulpit
19th century Plain, octagonal pulpit with pierced, trefoil arched panels.
Lectern
19th century Plain gothic lecterns in nave and chancel, the latter is more highly decorated.
Font (component)
19th century Octagonal stone font on eight pillars, but on earlier plinth.
Pew (component)
20th century Plain pews on platforms in chancel, plain benches in chancel, other modern folding chairs.
Rail
20th century Plain rails.
Organ (component)
21st century Modern electric Hammond organ in chancel.
Stained Glass (window)
19th century All windows now identified as by Clayton and Bell, except north lancet by Kempe, 1883. Pevsner described west window as ‘uncommonly good’. • Aisle east window given in memory of Rev. William Frederick Douglas (d. 1874) • East window given in memory of Christina Fanshawe Douglas (d. 1855) • Nave northeast window given in memory of Christopher Wybergh (d. 1881)
Bells
Weight: 206 lbs Diameter: 18.5" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by George T Richardson 1811
Dove Bell ID: 59541 Tower ID: 23223 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Diameter: 16.13" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by James III Harrison 1803
Dove Bell ID: 59543 Tower ID: 23223 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Portable Furnishings and Artworks
Registers date from 1648.
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 732 603
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.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 13/05/1887
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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.
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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.
Further information
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