Listed Building: CHURCH 0F ALL SAINTS (1317137)
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Grade | II* |
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Authority | Department of the Environment |
Date assigned | 16 December 1964 |
Date last amended |
Description
SK 89 SE PILHAM MAIN STREET (North side) 9/42 Church of All Saints 16.12.64 G.V. II* Parish church. c.1750 with C19 additions. Limestone and blue lias, banded coursed rubble, ashlar dressings and pecked ashlar walling on south side, lead roofs. Nave, western tower, apsidal chancel. Tower of 2 stages with chamfer topped plinth, concave string course at top surmounted by embattled parapet. 4 stubby corner obelisk pinnacles. Ground floor has single west semi- circular headed window with plain ashlar surround. Above is a blank keyed oculus with a short section of chamfered string course beneath. In the upper stage are single wooden latticed semi-circular headed belfry lights in the 4 sides. North of tower is a small C19 boiler house. Nave north wall has plinth, plain eaves course and raised stone coped gable to lead roof. Single 2 light window, the lights having semi-circular heads, beneath plain tympanum. Reveals and mullions are chamfered with simple impost blocks, contained within a semi-circular headed arch with raised keystone and chamfered plain reveals. Short ashlar apse with plinth and moulded eaves course. Central Venetian window. To south wall, in ashlar, 2 two light windows matching that on the north. Access is provided by west door south ofthe tower. C19 planked door with traceried fanlight, cavetto moulded surround with plinth blocks, moulded impost blocks and raised triple keystone. Interior: a panelled vestibule leads to nave, which has crude dado panelling and cyma moulded plaster cornice. To the tower is a small panelled double door with L hinges. This door together with panelling re-used in the vestibule, and dado panelling to apse and pew ends is all raised and fielded. Wide round headed arch to chancel with single plain inner order. Of the original fittings, only the pulpit and altar rails with their robust turned balusters survive. Otherwise, the altar, lectern and font dated 1879 are all C19. Fine C19 cast iron circular candleabrum with fleur de lys brattishing and 4 three branch pew candlesticks with twisted shafts and shamrocks. In the chancel is a monument to William Dunkin, d.1838, in the form of a Greek altar with anthemion in pediment and flaming urn with acanthus base above. In the chancel are good stained glass windows, and the early nave windows retain their delicate geometric lead cames. Listing NGR: SK8624293805
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Location
Grid reference | SK 86242 93805 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK89SE |
Civil Parish | PILHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Apr 17 2009 4:44PM
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