Christ Church, Marton cum Grafton
Christ Church is the parish church of Marton cum Grafton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
A church was built in the village in the 12th century, and partly rebuilt some time after 1318.[1] In 1848, it was described as "in the early English style, with a square embattled tower".[2] It was demolished in the late 19th century, and a new church was constructed on a different site, but reusing most of the materials. It was designed by John Ladds again in the Early English style, and was consecrated in 1876.[1][3] At the time, its vicar was the well-known musician John Robert Lunn, and Schubert's Mass No. 1 was performed at the consecration, claimed at the time to be its first performance in an Anglican church.[4] The church was grade II listed in 1984.[1]
It is built in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, and consists of a nave, a north porch, and a chancel with a south vestry. On the west gable is an open double bellcote. The north doorway incorporates a Norman doorhead, with a tympanum containing a cross in a roundel. Inside the church is a re-set Norman doorway with three orders of shafts. The window heads in the vestry are 14th century, as is the font, while one bell is believed to be 12th century.[1][5]
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References
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Christ Church, Marton cum Grafton (1174037)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 May 2025
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Christ Church, Marton-cum-Grafton, Yorkshire, West Riding". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Duff Brown, James (1897). British Musical Biography. S. S. Stratton.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.