St Oswald's Church, West Rounton

St Oswald's Church is the parish church of West Rounton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The church was built in about 1150, but was much altered over the years, and little survives other than the chancel arch and part of the south doorway. The remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1860 by James Pigott Pritchett. The building was grade II* listed in 1987.[1][2]

The church is built in stone with a Welsh slate roof, and consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the west gable is a gabled bellcote with double-arched openings. The south doorway is Norman, with one order of columns, the capitals with plait and volutes, and a zigzag moulded arch. Inside, there is a 12th-century font, the bowl having carvings of a face with a beard, and a centaur firing an arrow.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Page, William (1914). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Oswald, West Rounton (1293683)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  3. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.

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