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Latitude: 54.4402 / 54°26'24"N
Longitude: -0.5496 / 0°32'58"W
OS Eastings: 494162
OS Northings: 505940
OS Grid: NZ941059
Mapcode National: GBR SKL3.T3
Mapcode Global: WHGB5.JNHG
Plus Code: 9C6XCFR2+34
Entry Name: Church of St Stephen
Listing Date: 6 October 1969
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1148706
English Heritage Legacy ID: 327705
ID on this website: 101148706
Location: St Stephen's Church, Raw, North Yorkshire, YO22
County: North Yorkshire
District: Scarborough
Civil Parish: Fylingdales
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Fylingdales St Stephen
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Church building Neoclassical architecture Gothic Revival
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NZ 9405
16/52
FYLINGDALES
CHURCH LANE (east side)
Church of St Stephen
6.10.69
I
Former Parish Church. 1821 rebuilding on medieval site. Course herringbone-tooled sandstone with ashlar dressings. Purple slate roof. Single-cell preaching box with small sanctuary; South porch and north vestry are early additions. Gothick style. Open-pedimented porch has segment-arched entrance with rusticated voussoirs. Sundial above has dates 1736, 1864 and 1919 with various initials. Wood side benches; and wide six-panel double door with interlaced fanlight; keystone largely concealed by barrel vault of porch. Five-bay nave has pointed-arched windows, with glazing bars and interlaced heads, in architraves with imposts. All rest on a cill band except for shorter window above door. Small square-headed door in south chancel wall; east window similar and flanked by big stepped diagonal buttresses. North nave wall has three short windows, similar to that above door, lighting the gallery. West windows similar to east. Vestry has 15-pane fixed light with two opening panes. OSBM on south-eash corner of nave. West bell-cupola had only its damaged wood frame remaining at time of survey.
Interior: Complete late Georgian fittings. Panelled gallery, around north and west sides, rests on Roman Doric columns. Lateral south pulpit has sounding board and stairs with turned balusters and ramped handrail. Complete box pews, including one named for the Farsyde family with coat of arms. Various memorial tablets to the Farsyde family. Small early C18 font with low, conical open cover.
Listing NGR: NZ9416105939
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