The small quiet village of Newton Kyme is situated in pasture near the river Wharfe a mile or two above Tadcaster. The church, adjacent to Newton Kyme hall, and presumably built in Tadcaster limestone, comprises west tower, nave, N aisle, and chancel with a chapel in the NE angle. The building has been modified and added to over centuries, and presents ‘a confusing building history and an irregular-looking interior’ (Pevsner). For the sculpture-seeker also, there is plenty to puzzle over.