The
Church of St Mary le Ghyll (also known as
St Mary-le-Gill ) is in Ghyll Lane,
Barnoldswick ,
Lancashire , England. It is an active
Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the
Diocese of Leeds . Its
benefice is united with those of Holy Trinity, Barnoldswick, and
St Michael, Bracewell . The church is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I
listed building .
History
The present church was built to replace an older church on the site in about 1160 by monks from Fountains Abbey . The tower was added in 1524.
Architecture
Exterior
St Mary's is constructed in stone with a stone slate roof. The plan consists of a continuous nave and chancel , a south aisle with a porch, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses , and a stair turret at the southeast corner. It contains a string course with gargoyles , and has a three-light west window, two-light louvred bell openings, and an embattled parapet . On the south side of the church are three windows and a priest's door. On the north side are four windows, one of which is a lancet . The window at the west end of the aisle has three lights, and the east window consists of three stepped lancets.
Interior
Inside the church is a five-bay arcade carried in octagonal piers . There is a complete set of box pews , and a simple bowl font , On the north wall of the nave is a complete 17th-century three-decker pulpit . Also in the church are painted boards with the Lord's Prayer , the Ten Commandments , and Creeds , and a churchwardens ' pew dated 1836. There is a ring of six bells, three of which were cast in 1723 by Abraham Rudhall I . Another bell, by John Taylor and Company , was added in 1870; the remaining two date from 2007 and 2009, and were also cast by Taylor's.
External features
A building in the churchyard dated 1824 was either a watch house or a bier house. It is a stone structure with a stone slate roof, and is listed at Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of four soldiers and a Royal Navy sailor of World War I , and four soldiers and two Royal Navy personnel of World War II .
See also
References
^ Barnoldswick: St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick , Church of England , retrieved 17 June 2012
^ Historic England , "Church of St Mary le Gill, Barnoldswick (1073421)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 17 June 2012
^ St Mary-le-Ghyll Church , Barnoldswick and Bracewell Parishes, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 13 November 2012
^ St Mary-le-Ghyll Church , Barnoldswick and Bracewell Parishes, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 13 November 2012
^ Barnoldswickm S Mary le Ghyll , Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers , retrieved 17 June 2012
^ Historic England, "Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary le Gill, Barnoldswick (1258833)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 17 June 2012
^ BARNOLDSWICK (ST. MARY-LE-GILL) CHURCHYARD , Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 12 February 2013
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Grade I
Grade II*
Grade II
Scheduled monuments Unlisted
Demolished Listed in
Churches in the Deanery of Skipton
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