St Mary's Church, Redmire

St Mary's Church, Redmire
St Mary's Church, Redmire
54°18′45″N1°55′25.98″W / 54.31250°N 1.9238833°W / 54.31250; -1.9238833
OS grid reference	SE 05087 90800
Location	Redmire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed [1]
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Leeds
Archdeaconry	Richmond and Craven
Deanery	Wensley [2]
Parish	Redmire

St Mary's Church, Redmire is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England ^[3] in Redmire, North Yorkshire.

History

The church dates from the 12th century. The chancel roof was restored around 1895 and the nave roof, found to be infested with Deathwatch beetle, was restored in 1925. ^[4]

The royal coat of arms dates from 1720.

Architecture

It is built in stone, and consists of a nave, a south porch with a Welsh slate roof, a chancel, and a north vestry with a stone slate roof. On the west gable is a bellcote, and on the body of the church are quoins, parapets, and gargoyles. The south doorway is Norman, with one order of shafts with scalloped capitals, and chevrons in the arch. ^{[5] [3]}

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with:

• Thornton Rust Mission Room
• St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth
• St Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton
• Holy Trinity Church, Wensley
• St Margaret's Church, Preston-under-Scar
• St Bartholomew's Church, West Witton

Memorials

• Thomas Other of Elm House (d. 1834) and Jane his wife (d. 1829), the eldest daughter of Edward Lister of Coverham Abbey

References

1. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1130873)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
2. "Redmire: St Mary, Redmire". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. p. 289. ISBN   0140710299.
4. "Aiding Two Pretty Village Churches" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . England. 6 August 1925. Retrieved 1 January 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Redmire (1130873)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 August 2025.