The Church of St James is a
Church of England
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parish church
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in
Baldersby St James
Baldersby St James is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Several notable buildings in the village were c ...
,
North Yorkshire
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. This
Victorian
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church is a
Grade I listed
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building and was designed by
William Butterfield
William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a British Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy.
Biography
William Butterfield was bo ...
.
History
St James' was built between 1856 and 1858, and was designed by
William Butterfield
William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a British Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy.
Biography
William Butterfield was bo ...
.
It had been commissioned by
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe (15 May 1812 – 26 January 1857) was a British politician.
Background
Downe was the son of the Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby in North Yorkshire.
Politi ...
.
It is made of
snecked stone with
ashlar
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Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...
details and has a red tile roof.
It is
High Victorian in style.
The church consists of a west tower, a five-bay
aisled nave
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, a south
porch
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, and a two-bay unaisled
chancel
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.
The grounds of the church and its
churchyard
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measure 1.38 acres.
The wall of the churchyard is itself a
Grade II listed
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structure. The church has a
lych gate
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which is Grade I listed.
The church itself was designated a
grade I listed building
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on 26 May 1971.
Present day
The
parish
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of Baldersby with Dishforth is in the
Archdeaconry of Cleveland of the
Diocese of York
The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The diocese is headed by the ar ...
.
Notable burials
The burials in the churchyard date from 1857 and include the following:
* The Revd George Boddy, former vicar of St James'
* John Brennand,
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...
from 1915 to 1916, and his wife
*
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe (15 May 1812 – 26 January 1857) was a British politician.
Background
Downe was the son of the Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby in North Yorkshire.
Politi ...
(1812–1857), and his wife, and her second husband
* The Revd Thomas Foulkes, former vicar of St James'
* The Revd Brian Johnson, former vicar of St James'
* The Revd Zechariah Jones, former vicar of St James'
See also
*
*
Listed buildings in Baldersby
Baldersby is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 27 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two ar ...
References
External links
Church websiteA Church Near You entry
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Grade I listed churches in North Yorkshire
Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire
Diocese of York
William Butterfield buildings
St James Saint James or St. James may refer to:
People Saints
*James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just
*James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater
*James, son of Alphaeu ...