St John the Baptist church, Kirkby Wharfe
The White House, Kirkby Wharfe, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DD
Explore this wonderful 12th c. Norman church with its Roman tombstone, Saxon crosses and mediaeval treasures, including a 15th century Austrian window of international significance. The church lies on the edge of the parkland of the Grimston Park Estate.
The church has a Norman door and arches in the nave and a Norman font. Inside there are some well preserved Anglo Saxon crosses (c.890) and a Roman memorial slab (from the Forum in Rome) brought to the church in the 19th century.
The stained glass windows are particularly fine and include an Austrian window (c.1420), and another with 15th and 16th c. decorative panels of Flemish and German glass. When the church was restored in 1861 by the patron Lord Londesborough he provided the two east windows by Capronnier of Brussels. To the right of the altar is a charming modern window of 1980.
To the left of the altar is a 16th c. carved wooden screen with panels containing domestic scenes of cooking, playing cards and shooting a bird. A brass floor memorial of a priest dated 1479.
For more, see p.369 Pevsner. Yorkshire West Riding, Sheffield and the South
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 20 September:
- 1000 - 1600
Location & directions
The White House, Kirkby Wharfe, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DD
- Directions:
- T urn off the A162 south of Tadcaster along the B1223 and then turn left into Kirkby Wharfe after a mile
- Contact on day:
- John Fielden 01937 831913
- Telephone number:
- +447703186353
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 40
- Est. tour duration:
- 30 hour(s)
