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St Laurence's Church is the 
The church is built of
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
of Scalby, North Yorkshire
Scalby, a village on the north edge of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, is part of the civil parish of Newby and Scalby. From 1902 to 1974, Scalby was an Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban distr ...
, a village in England.
The oldest surviving parts of the church date from about 1180, and include the south nave arcade and the chancel arch. The chancel was rebuilt early in the 13th century, and the north wall of the nave was rebuilt in the 15th century. The tower was added, probably in 1683. The church was extended and restored from 1859 to 1860, the work including the rebuilding of the south wall and addition of a porch. It was grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
in 1985.
The church is built of sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
with a stone flag roof, and consists of a nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
, a south aisle
An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, in buildings such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments, courtrooms, ...
, a south porch, a chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient (typically Gothic) buildings, as a means of providing support to act ...
es, a stair tower, a round-headed south window, four-light bell openings with semicircular hood mould
In architecture, a hood mould, hood, label mould (from Latin , lip), drip mould or dripstone is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater, historically often in form of a '' pediment''. This moulding can be ...
s, a string course
A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the ...
, a west clock face, and an embattled parapet
A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...
. Inside, there is a stone slab carved with a cross which may be 13th century, 18th-century wall monuments, and a Mediaeval font
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For instance, the typeface Bauer Bodoni (shown in the figure) includes fonts " Roman" (or "regul ...
.
See also
*Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district)
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of the 152 churches and chapels in the unitary authority of North Yorkshire listed at Grade II*.
As there are 534 Grade II* listed buildings in the district, the 3 ...
* Listed buildings in Newby and Scalby
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scalby, St Laurence 12th-century church buildings in England Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire