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St Mary's Church, Cloughton

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The church, in 2013

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Cloughton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

There was a Mediaeval church in Cloughton, which consisted of a nave, chancel, north aisle, south porch, and bellcote at the west end. It was demolished in 1831, and a replacement was built, to a design by J. Thompson and G. Taylor. It was restored and extended from 1889 to 1890, by Smith, Brodrick and Lowther. The building was grade II listed in 1951.[1][2]

The church is built of sandstone on a chamfered plinth, and has a slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, a north chapel and organ chamber, and a south vestry. On the west gable is a three-light bellcote with Tudor arched corbelled hood moulds. There are Tudor arched doorways in the north and west walls, and the east window has five lights with Perpendicular tracery. A window in the south aisle commemorates Frank Lockwood. On the south wall of the chancel is a marble monument to William and Priscilla Bower, dates 1704, and there is a war memorial tablet designed by Eric Gill.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1253629)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. 1923. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ 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.

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