Holy Evangelists' Church, Shipton

Holy Evangelists' Church is the parish church of Shipton-by-Beningbrough, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

Shipton was historically in the parish of St Cuthbert's Church, Overton.[1] Between 1848 and 1849, a church was constructed in Shipton, funded by Payan Dawnay of Beningbrough Hall. The building was designed by George Townsend Andrews in the Early English style.[2] The building could seat 450 worshippers, and as of 1851 had around 140 attendees across two Sunday services.[3] In 1962, Shipton became the main church of the parish,[1] and later in the decade, the church at Overton was demolished.[4] The church in Shipton was grade II listed in 1986.[2]

The church is built of stone with a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a northwest steeple. The steeple has a tower with four stages, a northwest stair turret, angle buttresses, string courses, windows with trefoil heads and hood moulds, bell openings with colonnettes, and a broach spire with lucarnes and small quatrefoils. The clerestory windows are also quatrefoils. Inside, there is a carved and painted reredos and a choir screen with iron gates designed by Temple Moore. The east window has stained glass designed by Thomas Willement.[2][5][6]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Parish records of Shipton by Beningbrough". Archives Hub. Jisc. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Historic England. "Holy Evangelists Church, Shipton (1315065)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  3. ^ Wolffe, John (2000). Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship: Introduction, City of York and East Riding. York: Borthwick Institute. ISBN 9780903857956.
  4. ^ "St Cuthberts Church". Heritage Gateway. Historic England. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Page, William (1923). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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