Building record MLI33437 - St Guthlac's church and churchyard, Market Deeping
Summary
St Guthlac's church and churchyard, Market Deeping
Type and Period (2)
- CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 33437
St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping, is Transitional to Perpendicular, poorly restored and somewhat enlarged in 1878. Church is in normal use. {1}{2}
One enters the church by a doorway - the south doorway - of the late 12th century. One order of shafts with waterleaf capitals. Arch with roll-mouldings. Waterleaf also in the arch to the former north chapel. But the arch is pointed. The three-bay north arcade is of the early 13th century. Quatrefoil piers with undetailed capitals. The abaci circular, embracing the whole quatrefoil (cf Langtoft). Double-chamfered round arches. The south arcade is of c.1300. The quatrefoils have continuous hollows between the abaci and the foils, the arches are pointed. The chancel arch is part of James Fowler's drastic restoration of 1877-78, but the sedilia, the former priest's doorway, and the ogee-arched piscina are decorated. The two vaulted niches left and right of the Perpendicular east window are Perpendicular too. The window has a transom. Perpendicular clerestory, Perpendicular south aisle windows, Perpendicular west tower with clasping buttresses, a deep niche in the south-west buttress, and four-light bell-openings in pairs of two with the middle mullion reaching up to the apex of the arch. Castellated transoms. The north aisle exterior must all be of the restoration. Perpendicular octagonal font with foiled or cusped fields. Door with ironwork of the early 14th century, two pairs of C-hinges and elaborately scrolled straps. Stained glass: south aisle east by H.Hughes, 1880; north aisle (vergelle window) 1920 by H.Hendry: two large figures, good, in the English wood-engraving tradition, still based on the 1890s. Monuments: many coffin-lids with foliated crosses. A good graveyard with 18th century table-tombs. {3}
A parish church dating from the late 12th century, with additions in the early 13th century, early 14th century, 1440, 15th century, c1500; restoration 1875 by James Fowler of Louth. Listed grade I. 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. {4}
Also within the churchyard are listed walls with gateways and gates [PRN 38865], table tombs [PRN 38696, 37696 and 37695] and gravestones [PRN 38473 and 38354]. {4}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2628 Index: OS CARD INDEX. MARKET DEEPING. TF 11 SW:20,1964, DA.
- <2> SLI3160 Index: SMR FILE. MARKET DEEPING. TF 11 SW:AH -.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn pp552-3.
- <4> SLI8342 Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. No.12/115.
- <5> SLI12351 Report: South Kesteven District Council. 2005. Market Deeping Conservation Area. 12/115.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 1370 1028 (132m by 93m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARKET DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (7)
- Parent of: Gravestone near St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (Building) (MLI95852)
- Parent of: Gravestone to the south of St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (Monument) (MLI95971)
- Parent of: Table tomb near the south wall of St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (Monument) (MLI96194)
- Parent of: Table tomb to the south of St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (Monument) (MLI95194)
- Parent of: Table tomb to the south of the porch of St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (Monument) (MLI95193)
- Parent of: Wall and gateways to the west side of the churchyard, Market Deeping (Building) (MLI96363)
- Related to: ANGLO-SAXON SCULPTURAL FRAGMENTS, ST.GUTHLAC'S CHURCH (Monument) (MLI33438)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Site visit to Market Deeping Conservation Area (ELI9996)
- Event - Survey: Site visit to St Guthlac's church, Market Deeping (ELI10001)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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