St James' Church, Bilbrough

A church was built on the site in the 12th century, initially as a chapel in the parish of Askham Richard.

By the early 19th century, it remained a small building, seating 76 people, with a west tower and south door.

[1][2] A new church was built to the designs of George Fowler Jones, in a broadly Norman style.

[1][2] The church is built of sandstone, with a Magnesian Limestone plinth, quoins and window surrounds, and a roof of Welsh slate.

There is a north-west tower, a nave and a chancel, a vestry to the north-east, and the south-east chapel.