St Mary the Virgin, Ebberston, North Yorkshire
Title
St Mary the Virgin, Ebberston, North Yorkshire
Subject
Architecture
Description
The church at Ebberston had its origins in the Late Saxon period in the eleventh century. The first church probably comprised an aisleless nave and a chancel. Most of the present church was built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It is thought that the font dates to the eleventh century, and that the south door is late Saxon and probably contemporary with the first church. The ironwork on the door also features a dove carrying an olive branch in the upper right of the door. The door, if it is indeed late Saxon, should be compared with the church door of St Helen's Church in Stillingfleet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where a tenth or eleventh-century door exhibits similar iron working styles.
Creator
Kelly A. Kilpatirck
Date
Late Saxon, Norman, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th centuries
Language
English
Date Created
2010-09-18
Files
Citation
Kelly A. Kilpatirck, “St Mary the Virgin, Ebberston, North Yorkshire,” Woruldhord, accessed April 17, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/364.