St James the Deacon's Church, Acomb Moor

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St James the Deacon's Church
St James the Deacon's Church, Acomb Moor.jpg
The church, in 2024
St James the Deacon's Church, Acomb Moor
53°56′24″N1°07′27″W / 53.939874°N 1.124192°W / 53.939874; -1.124192
Location York, North Yorkshire
AddressSherringham Drive, York
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website jamesthedeacon.org.uk
History
StatusActive
Dedication James the Deacon
Consecrated 1971
Architecture
Architect(s) George Pace
Style Modern
Groundbreaking 1969
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Province York
Diocese York
Archdeaconry York
Deanery York

St James the Deacon's Church is a parish church of the Church of England in Acomb, a suburb of York in England.

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A mission church [a] was opened in the Acomb Moor area in 1952, in the parish of St Stephen's Church, Acomb. In 1968, it was granted its own parish. The church building was designed by George Pace, with construction starting in 1969. It was consecrated in 1971. [1] [2] It is the only church dedicated to James the Deacon. [3]

The weekday chapel and bellcote Chapel and bellcote of St James the Deacon's Church, Acomb Moor.jpg
The weekday chapel and bellcote

The church has a large, unequal, pitched roof, with the ridge over the altar. It has multiple vestries and a narthex. A weekday chapel opens off the narthex, with its own single-pitched roof, and a bell turret above. The building incorporates a 12th-century doorway from the demolished St Maurice's Church, a 15th-century font from St Sampson's Church, and a 14th-century altar slab from York Minster. Most other fittings come from St Maurice and St Sampson, and include some 17th-century wooden carvings depicting the Four Evangelists. [1] [2]

Notes

  1. A mission church is an outlying non-parish church, similar to a chapel of ease, established to reach those for whom the parish church would be inaccessible; it is directly supported by the parish or diocese.

References

  1. 1 2 "Parish records of Acomb, St James the Deacon". Archives Hub. Jisc. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-09593-7.
  3. "St James the Deacon Parish Church, Acomb Moor". A Church Near You. Retrieved 3 May 2024.