St Peter and St Paul's Church is the parish church of Drax, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The church was founded during the reign of Henry I of England by William Paynel, who also founded Drax Priory. It was expanded in 1230, for Letticia, Baroness of Drax. In the 14th century, the north aisle was widened, with a chapel added. There were further additions in the 15th and 16th centuries, and again in the 19th century. It was restored in the 1930s, by Charles Nicholson. The church was grade I listed in 1986.
The church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages, quoins, bands, lancet windows, trefoil openings, two-light bell openings, a corbel table with gargoyles on the angles, and a recessed octagonal spire. The clerestory contains Perpendicular windows, continuous hood moulds, gargoyles, and decorated embattled parapets. The porch is gabled, and contains an opening with a pointed arch, and seven re-set corbel heads, a moulded hood on foliate capitals and chamfered jambs. The reset figures are said to have come from Drax Priory. Inside the church is a 12th-century tub font, a piscina, carved bench ends from the 1540s, a late 17th-century altar rail, and several 18th-century memorials.
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References
- Page, William (1974). A History of the County of York: Volume 3. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter and St Paul (1148397)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- "Parish records of Drax" (PDF). University of York. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- Harman, Ruth; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2017), Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-22468-9
- "St Peter and St Paul, Drax, Yorkshire, West Riding". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
| Churches in the Deanery of Selby | |
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| Benefice of Brayton |
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| Benefice of Carlton and Drax | |
| Benefice of Cawood with Ryther and Wistow | |
| Benefice of Haddlesey with Hambleton and Birkin | |
| Benefice of Ledsham with Fairburn |
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| Benefice of Aberford with Micklefield |
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| Benefice of Monk Fryston and South Milford |
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| Benefice of Selby Abbey | |
| Benefice of Selby St James |
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| Benefice of Sherburn in Elmet with Saxton |
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