All Saints' Church, East Cowton

All Saints' Church, East Cowton
The church, in 2012
All Saints' Church, East Cowton Location within North Yorkshire
54.424°N 1.528°W / 54.424; -1.528
OS grid reference	NZ 30679 03300

All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in East Cowton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A stone church, dedicated to Saint Mary, was built in East Cowton in the 14th century, and largely rebuilt in 1707. It had a nave, chancel, north vestry, south porch, and a small west tower built of brick. The church was some distance from the village centre, and by the early 20th century it was considered to be too small, and in need of major repair. Instead, it was abandoned,^[1] and a new church was completed in 1910, to the designs of John Woolfall and Thomas Eccles.^[2] By 1966, the old church was described as "a rotting barn-like building with a square brick tower", and it was demolished in 1968.^[3] The new building was grade II listed in 1998,^[2] and it was extended in 2002.^[4]

Site of St Mary's Church

The church is built of red brick with stone dressings and tile roofs. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, a south porch, and a north vestry. On the roof, at the division between the nave and the chancel, is a hexagonal shingled flèche, with a louvred bell stage and an iron weathervane. Inside is a 12th-century font brought from the old church.^[2][4]

See also

• Listed buildings in East Cowton

References

1. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
2. Historic England. "Parish Church of All Saints (1376534)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
3. Lloyd, Chris (28 January 2013). "A confusion of Cowtons". Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
4. 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.