Description

SD 99 NW MUKER MUKER

14/147 Church of Saint Mary
7.12.66
GV II *

Church. 1580, C18, restored 1891. Rubble, stone slate roof. West tower,
nave and chancel under 1 roof, south porch. Tower: possibly 1580. 3
stages. Quoins. On ground floor, a vent with vertical iron bar. 2-light
chamfered-mullion belfry openings. Bench-mark on west face. Lead rainwater
head cast with "R METCALFE, I CALVERT, C-WARDENS 1793". Porch: dated 1849
on kneeler. Coursed stone. Sundial. Inner doorway: 4-centred arch,
chamfered, with inscription "LW 1719 IP". Nave and chancel: substantially
of 1580. 3 and 2 bays. 2-light chamfered-mullion window to south-west.
Other windows C19, of 2 trefoil-headed lights with hoodmoulds. East window:
3 trefoil-headed lights under hoodmould. North side has C18 lead rainwater
head. Interior: beaded wall plate and roof timbers substantially of 1580,
but raised from steeper thatched pitch in 1761. Font: C19, round basin on
cylindrical shaft and base. On south wall of sanctuary, a small stone
inscribed "SG 1769". Against north wall of sanctuary, vertical slab
commemorating Mr James of the parish of Redrith, Cornwall, d.1746. South
wall of chancel, memorial to Alexander Calvert of Richmond, land agent and
commissioner under Inclosure Acts, d.1834. North wall of nave, memorial to
Edmund Alderson Knowles of Low Row d.1835 by G Green, Newcastle, and board
painted with rules for use of Parish Hearse, 1836. A rare example of a new
church in 1580. E Cooper, Muker: The Story of a Yorkshire Parish (1948).

Listing NGR: SD9105597880

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of Saint Mary at Wikipedia
• Church of Saint Mary official website
• Wikidata Q17537047

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)