St Columba & St Kentigern
Edlington, Yorkshire
Welcome to our church of St Columba & St Kentigem. It may not be what you are used to seeing in this country, because our community belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The building was first erected around 1175. The original Norman nave had a north aisle added 30 years later, in the new Gothic style.
Inside the church the corbel table and doorway exhibit fantastic examples of Romanesque carvings, including that Yorkshire speciality - the ‘beakhead’. The windows have had polycarbonate panels inserted, whose opaque qualities mirror the original horn windows when the building was erected.
St Peter’s Church Old Edlington was the first church to be vested into the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. Declared redundant in the mid 1960’s the roof, windows and the interior furnishings were removed prior to demolition. Rescued in the nick of time, this Grade I building has been carefully conserved for the benefit of future generations.
