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Church of St Nicholas

Holmpton, GB

Church of St Nicholas

St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Holmpton, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Holmpton in the mediaeval period. It had a nave with north aisle and chancel, cobble walls and a pantile roof. The north aisle was demolished at some time, then in 1832

a brick tower was constructed. The church was heavily altered between 1874 and 1875, to a design by R. Beevers. He rebuilt the tower, encased the nave and chancel in brick, replaced the windows, and added a vestry. The building was grade II listed in 1987. The church is built of cobbles encased in yellow brick, with dressings in red brick and stone, and a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, and contains a west door with a chamfered pointed arch and a hood mould, above which are lancet windows, some blind, lancet bell openings, a west clock face, and a coped embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. The windows on the body of the church are also lancets. Inside, there is a reredos in the Gothick style, dating from 1895; stained glass by William Wailes; and monuments dating from 1767 and 1820.

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