Description

YORK

SE5951SW HOLGATE ROAD
1112-1/19/506 (North side)
Church of St Paul

GV II

Church. 1850-1. By JB and W Atkinson. Chancel extended into
nave 1890; east window replaced 1906; west gallery altered
late C20.
MATERIALS: coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings,
with concealed brickwork. Cast-iron piers. Slate roofs.
PLAN: nave with continuous chancel, and north and south aisles
under pitched roofs.
EXTERIOR: the nave has one bay projecting beyond the west
walls of the aisles. The western wall of the nave has tall
thin pinnacles to each side, above set-back buttresses. At the
apex there is a gabled bellcote with trefoiled opening, and
within the gable there is a wheel window. The doorway has a
pointed arch flanked by narrower blind steeply-pointed arches.
All are moulded with engaged shafts. The west walls of the
aisles both have a single double-chamfered lancet window, and
the western bay of the nave has a similar window on the north
and south sides. The aisles are both of 6 bays separated by
buttresses. Except for both eastern bays the windows are
paired double-chamfered lancets with hood moulds. On the south
side the eastern bay contains a moulded pointed doorway with
angle shafts. Above there is a window which is a moulded
pointed arch filled with 3 trefoils. On the north side the
ground level is lower and there is a basement under the north
aisle, entered through plain doorways in the 2nd and 6th bays
from the west. Against the 4th and 5th bays there is an added
vestry which has a window of 3 trefoiled lights facing west.
The 6th bay has a blocked moulded doorway at ground-floor
level, similar to the doorway on the south side. The east
gable walls of the aisles are flush with the chancel east wall
and have paired lancet windows similar to those in the north
and south walls. Below the gables they have circular
multi-foiled openings. The chancel east window has 3 lights
and Geometrical tracery.
INTERIOR: the 4-bay nave arcades have deeply-moulded pointed
arches springing from quatrefoil cast-iron columns. The
chancel arch is similarly moulded and has responds with triple
shafts. The chancel has moulded pointed north and south
arches, and there are similar arches between the chancel
aisles and the nave aisles. A raised floor now extends the
chancel into the eastern bay of the nave. The nave roof has
intermediate collar trusses and is ceiled at collar level. The
main trusses have king posts rising from arch-braced collars,
and are supported by moulded corbels below wallplate level.
The aisle roofs also have main and subsidiary trusses, with
braced collars carrying queen posts. The west gallery has a

panelled timber front, with C20 glazed screen walls above and
below. At the upper level there is now an office and meeting
room. The windows contain late C19 and early C20 stained glass
of various descriptions.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York and the
East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 160; RCHME: City of York:
London: 1972-: MONUMENT 10).

Listing NGR: SE5917251249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Paul at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548886

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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