Church Of St Mary |
| Hob Uid: 52294 | |
Location :
North Yorkshire
Harrogate
Masham
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| Grid Ref : SE2267180673 |
| Summary : The Church of St Mary, Masham, has a Norman west tower which can clearly be seen to have been built against an earlier nave. The Saxon features of this nave consist of two western quoins and a square sectioned string-course running along the greater part of the originally external face of the north wall of the nave, now within the much later north aisle. The rest of the church is 14th century with the stone spire rebuilt in 1856. In the church are two fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross-arm thought to have once formed part of the churchyard cross (SE 28 SW 1). |
More information : (SE 22688068) Church (NAT) (1)
Church of St. Mary, Masham has a Norman west tower which can clearly be seen to have been built against an earlier nave. The Saxon features of this nave consist of two western quoins and a square sectioned string-course running along the greater part of the originally external face of the north wall of the nave, now within the much later north aisle. Rest of the church is 14th century with the stone spire rebuilt in 1856. In the church are two fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross-arm thought to have once formed part of the churchyard cross (SE 28 SW 1). (2-5)
Listed. (6)
There are three late 8th-early 9th century fragments of crosses in the church, two of which are thought to form part of the cross in churchyard. A fourth fragment of a shaft is of the Lower Wensleydale workshop, and of 9th-10th century date. A grave-slab or shaft fragment is of mid 11th century date. (7) |