Building record MLI12639 - St Leodegar's Church, Wyberton

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St Leodegar's Church, Wyberton.

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  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

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Parish church. Originally late 12th century, rebuilt c.1420. The chancel rebuilt 1760. Restored by George Gilbert Scott Junior c.1880. Constructed in coursed limestone rubble, some ashlar and lined stucco. The building has a western tower, clerestoried nave, aisles, facetted chancel. The original church had a crossing tower which collapsed in 1419. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1} St Leodegar's Church, Wyberton is a 12th century cruciform church, ruined by the collapse of the tower over the crossing in the 15th century. The materials were re-used in the present structure, which is Early English to Perpendicular, carefully restored in 1881. {2}{3}{4} An archaeological watching brief was carried out during groundworks for the installation of a French Drain around the church. The shallow excavations revealed evidence for the church layout which was known to have existed prior to the rebuilding of 1419-20. The watching brief located the position of the north and south transepts and the former nave. The present church comprises a west tower (with west entrance), a nave with north and side aisles of five bays and a brick chancel/apse. However, this layout is very different to that of the earlier medieval church because in 1419 the central tower fell into the nave causing considerable damage. The church is of particular importance because of the surviving documentaion describing the subsequent repair work. The whole church, apart from the chancel, was rebuilt. Written arrangements were made in 1420 for the works agreed between the commissioned mason Roger Denys and the parishoners. The repairs re-used the original fabric, with a new tower being built at the west end of the church to prevent a re-occurrence of the damage; the work was competed in ten months. In 1760, the medieval chancel was dismantled and replaced by the present half-octagonal brick apse. A visitation to the church in 1848 relates the delapidation of the church, but it would be thirty years before repairs were carried out. In 1881 the nave floor was lowered by more than 2ft and the long-obscured bases of the former central crossing were exposed. {5}{6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 11/128 541.001.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WYBERTON. TF34SW18,1965, D.A..
  •  Serial: 1916. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL 14 P 225-35.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: J. Charles Cox. 1924. Little Guide: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.346-47.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Feb 1995. Archaeological Watching Brief at St Leodegar's Church, Wyberton. WYC94.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Feb 1995. Archaeological Watching Brief at St Leodegar's Church, Wyberton. LCNCC 120.94.

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Grid reference Centred TF 32867 40831 (33m by 17m) Surveyed
Civil Parish WYBERTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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