St Agatha's Church, Easby

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St Agatha's Church is the parish church of Easby, a village near Richmond, North Yorkshire, in England. The church lies immediately south of Easby Abbey. It was probably built in the 1150s, from which period the west end of the nave and south side of the chancel survive. The south side of the nave dates from about 1200, including a contemporary doorway, while the north wall of the chancel and east window are from later in the 13th century. A north transept was added in the early 14th century, and a south aisle and porch in the late 14th century. It was restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1869, and was Grade I listed in 1969. The church is part of the parish of Easby, Skeeby, Brompton on Swale, and Bolton on Swale; part of the Richmond Deanery in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds.

The church is built of stone, and has roofs of lead, stone slate and artificial slate. It consists of a nave with a west bellcote, a south aisle, a south porch, a north transept and a chancel. At the west end, pilaster buttresses flank a lancet window with a hood mould, and the bellcote above has two lights. The porch is gabled, and has two storeys, and a buttress on the left. It contains a double-chamfered...