St John's Church, Yedingham

54°12′15.102″N 0°37′54.707″W / 54.20419500°N 0.63186306°W / 54.20419500; -0.63186306

The church, in 2015

St John's Church is the parish church of Yedingham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A church was built in Yedingham in the 12th century. It was entirely rebuilt between 1862 and 1863, the chancel to a design by William Butterfield, and the nave to a design by William Tuke. The only survivals from the old church are some elements of the south doorway, and the font.[1] The church was grade II listed in 1966.[2]

The church is built of sandstone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a three-bay nave and a chancel. At the west end is a wide pilaster buttress with round-arched openings carrying a gabled double bellcote. The south doorway has a round arch and two orders, on paired columns with leaf capitals, the outer order is chamfered, and the inner order incorporates 12th-century moulding. On the sides are sill bands and round-arched windows. The font has a tub design, with an octagonal base.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ "St John the Baptist, Yedingham, Yorkshire, East Riding". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1175775)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.