St Hilda's Church, Danby

{{Short description|Church in Danby, North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}

File:The tower and entrance to Danby church - geograph.org.uk - 1638093.jpg

St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Danby, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

The church was probably first built in the 12th century, but it was entirely rebuilt in the early 13th century. A tower was added in the 15th century, and this is the oldest section to survive. The nave was rebuilt in 1789, and the chancel was rebuilt in 1848 by George Fowler Jones. The church was restored from 1903 to 1904 by Temple Moore, with the arcade being reconstructed, and the north gallery removed. The church was grade II* listed in 1969.{{cite book |title=A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 |date=1923 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp332-340 |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{NHLE |desc=Church of St Hilda |num=1316255 |access-date=13 July 2024}}

File:Danby Church of St Hilda from North East.jpg

The church is built of sandstone and has a Lakeland slate roof. It consists of a four-bay nave, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry, and a south tower. At the northwest corner is an external stair to a gallery. The tower contains a porch with a segmental-headed doorway and a chamfered surround, and has one stage, diagonal buttresses, a small west stair turret, paired bell openings, an eaves string course, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles.{{cite book| last1 =Grenville| first1 =Jane| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire: The North Riding| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2023 | orig-year=1966 |location =New Haven and London | isbn =978-0-300-25903-2 }}

Inside the church, there is a panelled west gallery. The roofs are 19th century: king post in the nave, and arch-braced in the chancel. There are Minton tiles in the chancel, and the raised sanctuary. There is a Mediaeval grave cover in the porch.