Description

TA 03 SW
1857/7/10004

WILLERBY
BEVERLEY ROAD, Haltemprice
(East side)
Church at De La Pole Hospital (Block 49)

II

Church at mental hospital, now disused. 1880-85, by Smith & Brodrick of Hull. Red brick with ashlar and blue brick dressings and slate roofs. Plinth, sill band, coped gables. Early English style. Pointed arched windows with hood moulds. Chancel, nave with porches, south transept and organ chamber, bell turret. Chancel, 2 bays, has a canted apse with hipped roof and 3 single lancets. North side has 2 lancets. Nave, 4 bays, has small buttresses. To east, two 3-light windows with geometrical tracery. West end has a large 5-light window with similar tracery. Large lean-to porches cover the western part of the nave. Each has a triple lancet window to west, and a pointed arched double doorway to east, with a central round column. South transept has a 3-light traceried window in the gable, and a single lancet to east. In the return angle to west, a plain square tower, single stage, with a pointed arched doorway. Round ashlar bell turret, with open arcading and plain spire topped with a cross. Interior: plain brick, with flush ashlar sill and impost bands. Chancel has moulded and rebated arch with hood mould and imposts, and arch braced roof. South side has pointed arched doorway with hood mould, and pointed arched opening containing organ. Apse has wooden ribs on corbels. No stained glass. Chancel has common rafter roof. In alternate bays, arch braces on foliage corbels, and tie rods. Windows and doorways have chamfered heads. No stained glass. Fittings include panelled wooden pulpit, original benches and choir stalls, and altar rail on wrought iron supports. Memorials include a Gothic style marble and slate tablet, c1900.

Listing NGR: TA0241831494

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657326

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)