Building record MLI51279 - Church of St Genewys, Scotton

Summary

A largely late 13th century church with some 12th century fragments. Restored in 1820.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

St Genewy's or Genevieve's Church is Norman to Perpendicular, although it is chiefly early English. It was altered and restored in 1820. The church was in normal use in 1964. {1}{2} The Church of St Genewys is mostly late 13th century in date, though with some 12th century fragments. The top of the west tower is the only part that is later and is Perpendicular in date [1180 to c.1520]. The arch in the nave is blocked. In the north aisle is a doorway with shafts and dogtooth and windows with y- tracery. In the south aisle are windows with intersecting tracery and an odd east window, nicely moulded outside and with a straight-sided hoodmould arch. The south aisle may be the site of the Neville Chantry endowed c.1294. The chancel has lancets and one tall two-light window with a quatrefoil in a circle. In the south wall is a reset blocked 12th century doorway. Slender three-bay arcades with double-chamfered arches, on the west side on slender circular, on the south side on slender octagonal piers. Nice head-stops, including three now on the gate of the former vicarage northwest of the church. In the north aisle a tomb-recess. The font is circular, of caen stone and marble, and is really terrible, yet said (by Kelly) to be by Street, who restored the chancel in 1866. There are many architectural fragments, including two pieces from an elaborate early 14th century sedilia-type monument. A hatchment is to Richard Frederick (died 1873). {3} Parish church dating to the 12th, 13th and 15-16th centuries. Restoration of 1866 by Street. Built of coursed limestone rubble with concrete tiles roofs. Comprised of a western tower, nave, north and south aisles and chancel. 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} The name given in Source 1 (St Genewy's) is an error; the correct name of the saint is St Genewys. The error appears to derive from a mistake on the earliest Ordnance Survey County Series maps of the late 19th century. St Genewys is thought to have been a male saint as there is a stained glass window commemorating him in the church, therefore, the name is not St Genevieve. Possibly the name refers to St Genesius. {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 89 NE: 5.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: J. Charles Cox. 1924. Little Guide: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp.261-2.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.628.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  •  Verbal Communication: Mark Bennet. 2017. Information from Mark Bennet of the Lincolnshire HER. 24/05/2017.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 89036 99099 (33m by 19m) Surveyed
Civil Parish SCOTTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2023 10:35AM

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