Building record MLI42209 - St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Horncastle

Summary

St Mary's Church dates from the early thirteenth century and still stands today.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1201 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1701 AD? to 1848 AD?)

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PRN 42209 this record also includes the now deleted record 42716 St Mary's church was built in the early thirteenth century and heavily restored in 1859-61 by Ewan Christian. It is built mainly of green sandstone rubble blocks. It has lead roofs with crenellations and cross finials. Inside the church there is a fourteenth century piscina in the south wall of the chancel. The chancel itself was heavily restored in the nineteenth century, and contains monuments including one of white marble on a black field to the Rev. Clement Madely who died in 1843. Also a large white monument with a small sepulchre and marble pedestals to George Heald, died 1834 and four slabs in the chancel floor to Thomas Lodinton, died 1723: John Shelly, died 1707: Jane Dymoke, died 1745 and Emma Heald, 1828. 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} The church is built in a variety of styles, externally it appears to be predominantly Victorian and Perpendicular. However the lower part of the church is built in an Early English style and the upper part is Decorated. The north and south chancels are Perpendicular. {2}{3}{4} Excavations of the tower floor were undertaken in 1995. Beneath the floor were the remains of six burials, the last burial in this area would have been in 1848 (all burials in the churchyard are thought to have ceased about then). Although dating of the burials is uncertain they are all thought to be eighteenth century. Excavations also revealed the lower courses of the tower arch, this confirmed that all the above ground details in this area were Victorian in inspiration. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/30 (233.025).
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). PP394-396.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE CF,1978, TMA.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE 5,1964, HARPER F R.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: J. Charles Cox. 1924. Little Guide: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P171.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: OGDEN R J. 1913. HISTORY OF HORNCASTLE. PP33-4, 42.
  •  Article in Serial: 1986. TRUST FOR LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. No.2 Pages 5-6.

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Grid reference Centred TF 2585 6955 (44m by 34m)
Civil Parish HORNCASTLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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