Building record MLI41206 - St Helen's Church, North Thoresby

Summary

A parish church with features dating from the 13th century. It may have been built over an Anglo Saxon church.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 850 AD to 1200 AD?)
  • (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

PRN 41206 St Helen's Church has an Early English west tower and south arcade. It is mostly Early English but has Decorated north aisle windows and Perpendicular pinnacles in the tower. The bench ends date from 1530 to 1535 and are initialled and have poppyheads as decoration. In the west nave is a late Anglo-Saxon interlace slab in a figure of eight. {1}{2}{3} The late Anglo-Saxon stone is part of a grave cover (PRN41202) {7} Stained glass in this church dates to about 1350 to 1375 AD. {5} A parish church with features dating from the 13th century. The church underwent alterations in the 14th and 16th centuries and in 1732. It was restored in 1903. 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. {6}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. NORTH THORESBY. TF 29 NE Q,1980, TMA.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. NORTH THORESBY. TF 29 NE 12,1963, SEAMAN B H.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris. 1964. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (First Edition). P329.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Arthur Mee. 1952. The King's England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P289.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Penny Hebgin-Barnes. 1996. The Medieval Stained Glass of the County of Lincolnshire. pp. 226-27.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 4/44.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Volume 5 - Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire. pp.238-39.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2899 9876 (27m by 19m)
Civil Parish NORTH THORESBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Dec 6 2023 10:34AM

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