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Scarcroft Primary School is a coeducational primary school housed in a Grade II* listed building on Moss Street, just south-west of the city centre of York, in England.
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St Clement's Church, York
St Clement's Church is a parish church on Scarcroft Road, south-west of the city centre of York, in England.
There was a mediaeval church dedicated to Saint Clement, lying outside the York city walls, which gave its name to the suburb of Clementhorpe. In 1130, the Benedictine Nunnery of St Clement was founded, and the church was later recorded as forming part of the nunnery complex. The nunnery was dissolved in 1536 (although nuns were briefly reinstated during the Pilgrimage of Grace), but the church remained in use until 1585, when its parish was merged into St Mary Bishophill Senior. The church fell into ruin, and in 1745 the remaining stone from the church was removed and used to repair the walls.
There was much construction in the area in the 19th century, and a new church was constructed as a chapel of ease to St Mary, on a site on Scarcroft Road. It was designed by J. B. and W. Atkinson, and was constructed from 1872 to 1874. In 1876, it was given its own parish. A vestry was added in 1880. St Mary was demolished in 1963, and many of its fixtures were relocated to St Clement, including monuments and boards, two of which record the terms of John Carr as Lord Mayor of York. The church was Grade II listed in 2000.
The church is constructed of red brick, with stone dressings and plinth and dark brick bands. It has angled buttresses, and a steep slate roof covering both nave and chancel, topped by a small bellcote. The nave has side aisles, and the east end is in the form of an apse. The windows are lancets, those at the east and west ends having three lights, with two-light windows either side. The stained glass in the east window was designed by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier in 1875. Inside, the arcades are of brick, with stone piers and detailed stone capitals. There is a circular stone font, and an octagonal stone pulpit. The choir stalls and screen are later, and were designed by Robert Thompson.
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Bar Convent
The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre, at Micklegate Bar, York, England, established in 1686, is the oldest surviving Catholic convent in the British Isles. The laws of England at this time prohibited the foundation of Catholic convents and as a result of this, the convent was both established and operated in secret.
While pretending to be widows, the foundation opened the first school for girls in the country in Hammersmith, London, in 1679 and the second here at the Bar Convent.
Today, the Bar Convent is a popular York destination for tourists and offers bed and breakfast accommodation, meeting rooms, a gift shop, café and museum exhibition about the Convent's history.
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St Columba's United Reformed Church, York
St Columba's United Reformed Church is a historic chapel on Priory Street, in the city centre of York, in England.
In 1873, the minister of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull began preaching at the Lecture Hall on Goodramgate in York. In September, 54 local residents signed a petition for the Presbyterian Church of England to recognise the preaching station, which was granted. The congregation grew, in part due to Scottish railway workers and Scottish regiments stationed at the Imphal Barracks. They purchased a site on Priory Street, and Thomas Brownlow Thompson designed a church, which was opened on 6 November 1879. Its construction cost £5,000, and in addition to the main hall, it included a classroom and vestry. An organ was installed in 1907, while in 1949 the pediment on the main front and the corner tower were taken down. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the resulting facade as "a weak composition".
In 1972, the Presbyterian Church of England merged with the Congregational Church in England and Wales to become the United Reformed Church. York's Congregational Church, on Lendal, closed in 1995, with the congregation joining that of St Columba. The church established a community foundation in 2008, which offers space in the building for charities and community groups to use for offices and meetings. As of 2015, the church had a congregation of around 70 people.
The church is two storeys high and has a front five bays wide. It is built of white brick and is in the Italianate style, with round-arched windows and pilasters reaching the full height of the building. Inside, there is a west gallery, from which most of the seats have been removed, and three stained glass windows, two with the badges of Scottish regiments of the British Army. The church is partly surrounded by original iron railings.
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Blossom Street
Blossom Street is a road in York, in England, immediately west of the city centre.