St Barnabas' Church, Weeton

St Barnabas' Church is the parish church of Weeton, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

The church was built between 1851 and 1852, to an Early English Gothic design by George Gilbert Scott. Scott also designed a vicarage, which was completed in 1853, and the whole complex was funded by Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood. Stained glass was inserted in the east window in 1855.[1] Harry Speight described the church as "one of the handsomest modern churches to be found in the West Riding dales".[2] The building was grade II* listed in 1966.[3]

The church is built of gritstone with a Westmorland slate roof. It has a cruciform plan, and consists of a nave, a south porch, shallow north and south transepts, a chancel with a northeast vestry, and a steeple at the crossing. The steeple has an octagonal southeast stair turret with a spire, a tower with an arcade of small lancet windows, above which are two bell openings on each side, a pierced parapet with gargoyles, and a broach spire with large lucarnes. Inside there is a stone font with a tall wooden cover, and elaborate brass candelabra and wall brackets.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Whellan, Thomas (1871). History and Topography of the Wapentake of Claro. John Green.
  2. ^ Speight, Harry (1902). Lower Wharfedale. E. Stock.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Barnabas, Weeton (1149990)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  4. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.

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