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The Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, is a Victorian
As at Skelton, Burges's design demonstrates a move from his favoured Early-French, to an English style. Pevsner writes of "a Victorian shrine, a dream of Early English glory". The interior is spectacular, exceeding Skelton in richness and majesty. The stained-glass windows are particularly fine quality. Burges used many members of his usual architectural team: the sculpture is by Thomas Nicholls, the glass was designed by Frederick Weekes and constructed by Saunders & Co. St Mary's is Burges' "ecclesiastical masterpiece". The church is a
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
church built in the Early English style by William Burges
William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian era, Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution, ...
. It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St Mary's church, desig ...
at Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercians, Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operat ...
, in North Yorkshire
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, England
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. Burges was commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Ripon to build the church as a memorial church to Frederick Grantham Vyner, his brother-in-law. It is one of two such churches, the other being the Church of Christ the Consoler at Skelton-on-Ure
Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Boroughbridge, near the A1(M) motorway. There is one village pub called The Black Lion, a primary school, and ...
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History
Frederick Vyner had been murdered by Greek bandits in 1870 in an event known as the Dilessi massacre. A significant ransom had been demanded, and in part collected, before his death. His mother, Lady Mary Vyner, and his sister, Lady Ripon, used the unspent ransom to build the two churches in his memory. Burges' appointment as architect was most likely due to the connection between his greatest patron,John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900) was a Scottish landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron.
When Bute succeeded to the marq ...
, and Vyner, who had been friends at Oxford. St Mary's, was commissioned in 1870 and work began in 1871. The church was consecrated in 1878.
The chestnut tree near by may be the remnant of a medieval tree-planting scheme.
Architecture and description
As at Skelton, Burges's design demonstrates a move from his favoured Early-French, to an English style. Pevsner writes of "a Victorian shrine, a dream of Early English glory". The interior is spectacular, exceeding Skelton in richness and majesty. The stained-glass windows are particularly fine quality. Burges used many members of his usual architectural team: the sculpture is by Thomas Nicholls, the glass was designed by Frederick Weekes and constructed by Saunders & Co. St Mary's is Burges' "ecclesiastical masterpiece". The church is a Grade I Listed Building
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, Hi ...
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See also
*Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district)
There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the unitary authority area of North Yorkshire.
List of buildings
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*List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was establishe ...
*Listed buildings in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 57Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List f ...
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References
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Marys, Studley Royal Churches completed in 1878Studley Royal
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St ...
Studley Royal
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St ...
William Burges church buildings
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Studley Royal
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St ...
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Studley Royal
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St ...
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal