Church of St Mary

About

St Mary's Church is the parish church of West Lutton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel of ease was built on the site, probably in the early 12th century. It was demolished and a new church constructed from 1874 to 1875.

The construction was funded by Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, and designed by George Edmund Street. Street also designed a vicarage, coach house and associated buildings. The building was grade II* listed in 1966.

The church is built of sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with a tile roof. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a chancel and vestry. On the west gable is a tile-hung belfry with timber balustraded bell openings, and a broach spire with a weathercock.

The porch is gabled and has a pointed arch with three orders. Above it is a bracketed niche containing a statue, and a crocketed canopy. Above the outside door to the vestry is a Romanesque arch, relocated from the old chapel.

Inside, the sedilia, piscina and aumbry are grouped under pointed arches. There is a painted timber altar, and a reredos in the form of a triptych, depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus, which was designed by Burlison and Grylls. The same...