Holy Redeemer Church, York

The Holy Redeemer Church lies on Boroughbridge Road, in the Acomb area of York, in England.

The first church here was a simple brick building, completed in 1938. This is now used as the church hall, linked to the new church, behind. The new church was constructed between 1959 and 1965, to a design by George Pace.^[1][2]

The church reuses parts of the demolished church of St Mary, Bishophill Senior. The south wall is constructed from stone from the building and includes Mediaeval windows, in a different arrangement to the original building. The remaining walls are brick, with the south wall including a 19th-century Gothic window. The clock tower is also of brick, and sits above a small chapel intended for weekday services.^[1][2]

The church is entered through a late-12th century doorway. Inside, the church has a wide nave and two narrow aisles. The south arcade is from St Mary, partly dating from about 1200, and partly from the late 13th-century. Above the altar is an iron cross, incorporating an Anglo-Saxon carved stone. Other Saxon carved stones, mostly cross fragments, are incorporated in the pulpit and walls.^[1][2] The York Civic Trust claimed that these were "all the interesting parts" of St Mary.^[3]

Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as "probably the best post-war building in the city". It was Grade II listed in 1998.^[1][2]

References

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1. ^ ^{a b c d} Historic England. "Church of the Holy Redeemer, York (1376606)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Pevsner, Nikolaus (1995). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 160. ISBN 0300095937.
3. ^ York Civic Trust, Bishophill: York, pp.1–6