St Botolph's Church, Horsehouse

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The church, in 2013

St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in Horsehouse, a village in Coverdale in North Yorkshire, in England.

The first chapel in the village was built in about 1530, and was served by the canons of Coverham Abbey.[1] Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it became a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church, Coverham. In 1859 it was described as "ancient" but "small".[2] It was rebuilt in 1869, possibly incorporating some material from the original chapel. It was grade II listed in 1988.[1]

The church is built of stone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel under one roof, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, quoins, stepped angle buttresses, two-light bell openings with Y-tracery and hood moulds, a string course, and an embattled parapet. The porch has quoins, and contains a pointed arch with a chamfered surround and a hood mould. There are a variety of windows in the Gothic style, including a three-light window at the east end.[1][3]

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  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St Botolph (1131405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ Whellan, T. (1859). History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Beverley: John Green.
  3. ^ 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.