St Stephen's Church is an Anglican church in Snainton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Snainton has long been part of the parish of All Saints' Church, Brompton, but a small chapel of ease was constructed in the 12th century. It was a small, rectangular, building, with a bellcote and an elaborate doorway. It was demolished in the 1830s, and most of its stonework used to construct a new churchyard wall. A replacement church, to a design by John Barry, was completed in 1836. In the early 20th century, it was decorated internally, and an oak chancel screen was erected. The building was grade II listed in 1967. The church is built of sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, and a slate roof with coped gables. It consists of a nave and a chancel in one unit, with a bellcote on the west gable. On the south front is an arched doorway with carved spandrels and a hood mould. To the right are four mullioned and transomed windows with three arched lights, and flat hood moulds. Inside is the 12th-century font from the old chapel, which is plain and circular.

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Snainton

Snainton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK Census, Snainton parish had a population of 754, a decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 891. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Snainton possibly derives from the Old English Snocingtūn meaning 'settlement connected with Snoc'.
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Snainton railway station

Snainton railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line. It served the village of Snainton, North Yorkshire, England. The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 May 1882, and closed on 3 June 1950. Snainton railway station has also been restored and is currently in single ownership.
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Wydale Hall

Wydale Hall is a Christian Conference centre run by the Diocese of York. The house is located near Brompton-by-Sawdon in the foothills of the North York Moors National Park overlooking the Vale of Pickering. The Hall lies just off the A170, 8.5 miles from Scarborough. Nearby market towns also include Malton (15 miles), Pickering (10 miles), Thornton-le-Dale (7 miles) and Whitby (27 miles). The house dates back to the 18th century, when it was built as a three-storey gentleman's residence, and was extended and enlarged by the Cayley Family in the 19th century. The property was transferred to the York Diocesan Board of Finance in 1953 to serve as the retreat and conference centre for the diocese.
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Westwood Farmhouse

Westwood Farmhouse is a historic building in Ebberston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in the mid 18th century. It was grade II* listed in 1986, on account of what Historic England describes as its "remarkable panelled fittings", which are particularly well preserved having never been painted. Although fully panelled rooms are rare in smaller houses of this period, features include a moulded bressumer with a shelf and cupboards on the ground floor, and a firehood on the first floor, and overmantels with cupboards on each floor. The two-storey farmhouse is built of limestone, with a floor band, a moulded eaves cornice, and a pantile roof with coped gables and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys, three bays and a rear wing. The central doorway has a divided fanlight, the windows are sashes, and all the openings have lintels with tripartite keystones. Inside, original panelled doors with brass fittings survive throughout, including in the attic. The roof truss is a reused cruck pair. Northwest of the house is a late-18th century, grade II-listed building, comprising a former byre with granary above, a stable, a cartshed and a loose box. The building is in sandstone with quoins and a pantile roof. It has an L-shaped plan, the byre and granary with one storey and a loft, and a single-storey range on the left. The openings include doorways, windows, slit vents and pitching windows. There is an external flight of stone steps.