St Peter's Church, Hackness

A nunnery was founded in Hackness by Hilda of Whitby, in about 680.

The chancel, clerestory, spire and battlements were added in the 15th century, and then in the 17th century a vestry was added, along with a window in the north chapel.

[1][2] The church is built in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west steeple.

The steeple has a tower with three stages, a chamfered plinth, a stair turret at the southwest, angle buttresses, chamfered bands, lancet windows, paired bell openings with pointed heads under round arches and hood moulds, an embattled parapet, and a recessed octagonal spire.

There are several monuments of interest from 1592 on, including one by Francis Leggatt Chantrey.