Ss. Simon and Jude

Introduction

The church is a Roman Catholic chapel dated 'S. T. S. 1868' above the door, built for Simon Thomas Scrope of Danby Hall. The church is the successor to the Scrope family chapel at Danby Hall.

Architecture and furnishings

The church has an irregular cruciform plan with coursed rubble and ashlar dressings, and a stone slate roof. Above the western arm is an octagonal tower and belfry with paired openings with stiff-leaf capitals and a decorative tile roof. The church is attached to the north of the Presbytery. The liturgical east is to the geographic north.

Below the church is an older crypt, the burial place of the Scropes of Danby. The church's openings have depressed round-arched heads. The doorway is in the south-east angle. The church has a north window of 3 lights.