Description

DACRE MAIN STREET
SE 16 SE (north side)
Dacre Banks
8/54 Church of the Holy
Trinity

- II

Church. Dated 1837. Ashlar, purple slate roof. 3-stage west tower, 5-bay
nave with south porch, short l-bay chancel. Early English style. Tower:
angle buttresses, lancet windows to belfry stage, wooden clock face,
battlemented parapet. Nave: board double doors to gabled porch which has
datestone above lintel, kneelers, gable coping and stone gutters; lancet
windows; 3-light east window to chancel. Gable copings, ridge finial to
nave and cross to chancel east ends. Interior: aisleless nave with moulded
ceiling cornice; 4-centred chancel arch. Possibly original font - a stone
column with moulded base and cap and small bowl, no longer in use. Late C19
and C20 fittings. Said to have been designed by a young lady of the
neighbourhood; in 1901 the interior was 'improved'. N Pevsner, Buildings of
England: West Riding, 1967, p 173. H Speight, Nidderdale, 1894, p 244.

Listing NGR: SE1976162309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26443398

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