St James, Nunburnholme
St James, Nunburnholme
St James is a Grade I parish church on Church Lane, Nunburnholme, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in the Diocese of York and the benefice of Pocklington Wold.
- Location
- Nunburnholme, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Nunburnholme
- Address
- Church Lane, Nunburnholme, Yorkshire, YO42 1QU
- Postcode
- YO42 1QU
- Built
- C12 nave, early C13 chancel; restored 1873; tower and porch c.1902
- Architect
- George Gilbert Scott (1873); Temple Moore (c.1902 tower and porch)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- James
- Diocese
- York
- Parish
- Nunburnholme and Warter
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman and Early English, with later restorations
- Materials
- Ashlar; plain tile roofs
- Grid reference
- SE 847 477
- Opening hours
- Open every day, 10am until 5pm.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout
Overview
Historic England records a twelfth-century nave and early thirteenth-century chancel, restored in 1873 by George Gilbert Scott, with the west tower and south porch by Temple Moore around 1902. The fabric is ashlar with plain tile roofs: a west tower, three-bay nave with south porch, and two-bay chancel. The twelfth-century chancel arch was reused as the tower arch, with scallop capitals and chevron ornament.
Under the tower is a cross-shaft of about 1000 AD, two fragments fitted together, carved with figures, foliage and beasts. The listing also notes a twelfth-century font, probably re-tooled. The village name recalls a Benedictine nunnery; the church belonged to Warter Priory before the advowson passed to the Archbishops of York. The dedication to St James is recorded from at least the eighteenth century; a 1536 will refers to the churchyard of All Hallows.