Historic churches · Central Scotland
St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh — Grade I listed church in Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Chathill · 8.0 km
- Free entry
About
St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1150. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed church in Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK". Coordinates: 55.6080°, -1.7183°.
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Heritage listing
Details BAMBURGH CHURCH STREET NU 1734 (North side) 17/32 Church of St. Aidan 22.12.69 GV I Parish church. C12, C13 and C14. Restored 1830 and later C19. Squared stone and ashlar; chancel and north transept have stone slate roofs; other roofs not visible. West tower, nave, aisles, transepts and chancel. Tower C13 or early C14. 4 stages with offsets. Y-tracery window on ground floor, lancet bell openings; top storey C19 with battlements. Aisles embrace tower. South aisle rebuilt early C14; renewed 2- and 3-light Decorated windows. C19 south door. Low-pitched roof behind parapet. South transept also has renewed Decorated windows. C13, 5-bay chancel with crypt. Paired lancets under continuous dripstone. Former priest's door in 2nd bay has surround of l83O with high gable. Rainwater. heads dated 1830 with arms of Lord Crewe. East end has 3 lancets of even height separated by buttresses. Corbel table, parapet and steeply-pitched roof. North transept in small squared C12 stone has narrow east lancet (cf interior), renewed Decorated windows elsewhere. Steeply-pitched roof. North aisle in larger Medieval ashlar has 4 renewed Decorated windows. Interior: Indications of earlier Romanesque church include round rere-arch of north transept east window, masonry of south transept north wall, and uneven build of east end of nave. 3 triple-chamfered tower arches. 4-bay nave has late C12 - early C13 north arcade with round piers, simply-moulded capitals and double-chamfered arches; 3rd pier has stiff-leaf capital, east arch is very narrow. South arcade similar but slightly later. Transept arches have 2 slight chamfers towards nave and north aisle, unmoulded towards transept; very wide C14 double-chamfered arch into south aisle. C16 clerestory windows, now beneath roof; also C16 square ne
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bamburgh Coast and Hills SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Northumberland Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Aidan's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England building in the Diocese of Newcastle.
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Background
History
According to Bede, St Aidan built a wooden church outside the castle wall, on the site of the current church, in AD 635, and he died here in AD 652; (a wooden beam preserved inside the church is traditionally said to be the one on which he rested as he died). The present church dates from the late 12th century (though some pre-conquest stonework survives in the north aisle). The chancel, said to be the second longest in the country (60 ft), was added in 1230; it contains an 1895 reredos in Caen stone by W.S. Hicks, depicting northern saints of the 7th and 8th centuries. Note that after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid 1500s, the monks were forced to leave. After the…
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- Coordinates
- 55.6080, -1.7183
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Bamburgh
- Postcode
- NE69 7AB
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- Established
- 1150
- Nearest railway station
- Chathill — 8 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q15979293 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Aidan's Church Bamburgh - geograph.org.uk - 1263610.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh?
- St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode NE69 7AB), in the parish of Bamburgh.
- When was St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh built?
- Built or established in 1150.
- Is St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh a listed building?
- St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh a protected site?
- Yes — St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh is part of the Bamburgh Coast and Hills SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh free to visit?
- Yes, St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE69 7AB. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.