St Nicholas' Church, Bransdale

Grade II church in North Yorkshire, England

St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Bransdale, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

There was a chapel in Bransdale by the 13th century, probably connected with Keldholme Priory.^[1] The current building dates from about 1800, and based on its style, Historic England attributes its design for John Smith of Farndale.^[2] The building was reroofed in 1886, and extended in 1934.^[1] It was Grade II listed in 1987.^[2]

The church is constructed of stone and has a roof of stone flags, with a slate roof on the porch. It consists of a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, a south porch and a west tower. The tower has a single stage, a louvred bell opening on the south side, a raised parapet band, and coped battlements. The porch is gabled and has a round-arched opening. The windows on the sides contain paired lights with pointed cusped heads, and the east window has a pointed head and three lights. Inside, there is a sedilia moved from elsewhere, a tub font, and a barrel-vaulted roof.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "St Nicholas, Bransdale". The Parish of Kirkbymoorside. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (1172749)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.