| Description | Church, built 1744 by Sir William Wentworth, for his own estate. Constructed of ashlar, with a stone slate roof. 5 bay nave and chancel with 2 bay addition to north containing the organ. In Classical style. The three bays of the symmetrical west front are framed and separated by giant Tuscan pilasters with exaggerated entasis. They support a moulded band beneath the pediment. Blind central doorway with moulded architrave and cornice on console brackets. Niche to each side. Small first floor sash windows of 6, 8 and 6 lights. Round arched window in tympanum of pediment. Cylindrical bell chamber, on a broad square base, with a domed top. Round, louvred openings. The south side is symmetrical with a doorway to left and right (the latter blind) each with moulded architrave and cornice and blind panel above. Three 24 pane fixed lights. Plinth, sill band, moulded band at high level and moulded eaves cornice. The east front has a large well detailed and proportioned Tuscan Venetian window. Along the base is a series of 10 marble memorial tablets to members of the Wentworth and Beaumont families including:
Thomas Richard Beaumont d.July 31st 1829 aged 72
Diana Beaumont d.Aug 10th 1831 aged 67
Thomas Blackett Beaumont d.July 10th 1792 aged 67
Sir William Wentworth Bart. d.March 1st 1763 aged 77
Wentworth Blacket Beaumont
(1st Baron Allendale) b.1829 d.13th Feb 1907
Interior: plain. Small gallery at rear with wooden panelled front, with 3 round arched openings to each floor. Panelled dado. Bracketed ceiling cornice. Tall, straight backed, panelled pews.
(Sources: N. Pevsner. The Buildings of England. 1967; D. Linstrum. West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture. 1978; Bretton College Archive. )
(Text edited from English Heritage’s National Heritage List of England, amended 1990) |