St James' Melsonby
Parich church of St James' the Great, Melsonby
The present church building was begun in 1153 and completed during C13. It belongs to that period when the Norman style was developing into the early English style of architecture.Unfortunately St James' was restored in 1870, a bad period for church restoration as there was a fashion for covering beautiful, ancient stonework with plaster. The chancel was rebuilt at this time and the porch and vestry added. The perpendicular east window was also replaced by the present three lancets. There is a leaflet available in the church with details of some of the points of interest within this ancient building. You can find St James' on this Google map. Here is a video from late March 2020 showing where the project has got to before it was required to come to a halt due to the corona virus crisis. And now on 2 July we have a video of the resumption of the work
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There was a church on this site before the Norman Conquest in 1066, and a resident priest is recorded in the D Printable Version |