St John the Evangelist's Church, Buttercrambe

Anglican church in North Yorkshire, England

St John the Evangelist's Church is an Anglican church in Buttercrambe, a village in North Yorkshire in England.

The church lies in a grassy churchyard, south of the village's Main Street.^[1] It was originally constructed around 1240, with a four-bay nave, south aisle and chancel.^[2] Since at least 1404, the church has been a chapel of ease to St Botolph's Church, Bossall.^[3] In the 15th century, the nave was shortened, the aisle removed, and the chancel rebuilt. The church was altered in 1803, and then heavily restored between 1878 and 1881.^[4] The architect is unclear, but may have been C. Hodgson Fowler or Temple Moore.^[2] The building was Grade II* listed in 1953.^[4]

The church is built in limestone and sandstone and has a Westmorland slate roof. It consists of a nave measuring 40 feet by 16 feet, and a chancel at a slight angle. The chancel has a 13th-century door in its north wall. On the junction of the nave and the chancel is a bell turret with a spire. Most of the windows are in Perpendicular style, almost all dating from the Victorian restoration. Inside, there are several wall monuments, the earliest dating from 1674.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Church Heritage Record 643047: Location". Online Faculty System. Church of England. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Church Heritage Record 643047: Church Plan". Online Faculty System. Church of England. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "Parish records of Buttercrambe". Archives Hub. Jisc. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist (1315747)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 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.
^ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. 1923. Retrieved 10 May 2024.