Description

YORK

SE5751SW YORK ROAD, Acomb
1112-1/18/1206 (North side (off))
24/06/83 Church of St Stephen

II

Parish church. 1831-2 by GT Andrews, on site of medieval
church: Chancel rebuilt 1851; Vestry added 1889, and east
window inserted 1890. Mid C20 additions at west end. Squared
limestone blocks. Slate roofs.
PLAN: west tower with ashlar broach spire, a C20 lean-to
addition against the north wall, a C20 porch in the south-west
angle with the nave, a nave with north and south transepts, a
lower chancel, and a north lean-to vestry.
EXTERIOR: the tower has angle buttresses, and on each of its 3
exposed sides has a lozenge opening above a chamfered lancet.
All the openings have timber louvres. The spire has a weather
vane. The single-storey porch has a canted front wall. To the
right of the angle is a boarded door, and to the left a
mullioned window. The north and south nave walls are of 3 bays
separated by buttresses and have chamfered lancet windows. The
north and south transept walls both have parapets which are
stepped upwards to a shallow central gable, 2 chamfered lancet
windows, and central doors set within chamfered lancet
surrounds with glazed heads. On the south side there is an
empty niche below the gable. The side walls of the transepts
each have one lancet light, the north-eastern one now partly
blocked and covered by the later vestry. The south window of
the chancel is of 2 trefoiled lights under a pointed head. The
north wall of the vestry has a 3-light mullioned window. The
east window is of 3 trefoiled lights under a pointed head with
intersecting tracery. The east wall of the chancel has a
coping with cross finial. The east wall of the vestry has a
doorway and a 3-light mullioned window.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM records double chamfered pointed
chancel arch. Chamfered 4-centred tower arch. Western gallery
supported on 4 iron pillars. Ceiled nave and transept roofs,
chancel has scissor rafter roof.
(RCHME: City of York: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-:
37-38).

Listing NGR: SE5725551444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Stephen at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26547771

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)