St James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough

St James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough
View from the south-west
St James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough Location in North Yorkshire
54°16′26″N0°24′56″W / 54.2739°N 0.4155°W / 54.2739; -0.4155
OS grid reference	TA 03260 87610
Location	Seamer Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Open Evangelical
Website	St James, Scarborough
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1885
Founder(s)	F. Hartop Holt
Dedication	Saint James
Consecrated	24 July 1894
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	20 April 2007
Architect(s)	Paley, Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1894
Specifications
Materials	Brick with stone dressings Tiled roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	York
Archdeaconry	East Riding
Deanery	Scarborough
Parish	Scarborough St. James with Holy Trinity
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Phil White
Curate(s)	Revd Mary Hollis
Assistant	Revd Joy Carr
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Joanne Watson, Mary Walker
Parish administrator	Monica Hindle

St James with Holy Trinity Church is in Seamer Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Scarborough, the archdeaconry of East Riding, and the diocese of York. ^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. ^[2]

History

The church originated as a mission chapel to All Saints' Church, Scarborough, and was opened for worship on St James' Day, (25 July) 1885; at this time it seated about 200 people. ^[3] It was founded by an honorary curate of All Saints' Church, F. Hartop Holt, and much of its cost was provided by his aunt, the widow of the engineer James Nasmyth. ^[2] The chapel was designed by the Lancaster firm of architects, Paley, Austin and Paley. ^[4] In 1893 work started on enlarging the church to seat about 350 people by adding two aisles. At the same time the vicar's vestry was added and the porch was enlarged. ^[3] The extensions were designed by the same architects. ^[5] The church was consecrated on 24 July 1894 by the Most Revd William Maclagan, Archbishop of York, as a parish church dedicated to Saint James. In 1990 its benefice was united with that of Holy Trinity Church, which had closed in the 1980s, and was rededicated as the Parish Church of St James with Holy Trinity by the Most Revd John Habgood, the Archbishop of York. ^[3]

Present day

St James stands in the evangelical Anglican tradition. As of 2024 ^[update] , it is united with the Church of St Columba, Scarborough as the benefice of Scarborough Saint Columba and Saint James with Holy Trinity. The parish is in the Archdeaconry of The East Riding of the Diocese of York. ^[6]

Architecture

Exterior

The church stands on a sloping site. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings; its roofs are mainly tiled. The architectural style is Gothic Revival, principally Decorated. Its plan consists of a nave with north and south aisles, and a chancel, with a porch and vestry at the west end. There is a bell tower rising above the east end of the south aisle. Under the east end of the church is an undercroft. The undercroft has three two-light east windows, above which is the four-light east window of the chancel. The top of the chancel is gabled and surmounted by a cross finial. On the south wall of the chancel is a three-light window; the north wall is blank. There is a two-light window in the east wall of the north aisle, and three similar windows along its north wall. At the west end of the nave is a four-light window. The porch and vestry have flat roofs. The south aisle has a two-light west window and two four-light windows on the south side. At its east end is the bell tower that has a slated spire and a weathervane in the form of a fish. To the east of the tower is an organ chamber with a three-light window. ^[2]

Interior

The arcades consists of pointed arches carried on piers that have a chamfered diamond cross-section. Between the nave and the chancel is an oak screen incorporating the pulpit. It was installed in 1921 as a memorial to the First World War. It is also inscribed with the names of the civilians who were killed in the naval bombardment of 16 December 1914, the German Navy's only raid on mainland Britain in the war. The reredos, altar and choir stalls are also in oak. At the east end of the north aisle is an artificial stone font that was installed in 1947 as a memorial to the Second World War. The stained glass was designed by Carl Almquist and E. H. Jewitt of Shrigley and Hunt. The east window is a memorial to the founder of the church; it depicts the Last Supper. ^{[7] [2]} The single-manual organ was built in 1976 by N. Church. ^[8]

See also

• Yorkshire portal

• List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley

References

1. St James w Holy Trinity, Scarborough, Church of England , retrieved 12 October 2011
2. Historic England, "St James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough (1392195)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 12 October 2011
3. A short history of St James' Church, St James, Scarborough, retrieved 12 October 2011
4. Brandwood et al. (2012), p. 235
5. Brandwood et al. (2012), p. 241
6. "Parish Profile of St Columba and St James with Holy Trinity" (PDF). cofepathways.org. Diocese of York. 2024. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
7. Waters, William (2003). Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London. Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster. p. 83. ISBN   1862201404 . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
8. Yorkshire, North Riding (Yorkshire, North), Scarborough, St. James with Holy Trinity, Seamer Road (N02970), British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 12 October 2011

Bibliography

• Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN   978-1-84802-049-8