Monument record MLI82510 - Church of St Wilfrid, Church Lane, Metheringham

Summary

St Wilfrid's Church and churchyard, Church Lane

Type and Period (2)

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

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Full Description

61969 A church is mentioned in the Domesday Book. {1} The present church of St Wilfrid was built in the twelfth century. There was a fire in 1599, after which the nave was restored in 1601. The nave was restored again in 1858-59, and the north aisle was added in 1870. {2}{3} See Bonney's Church Notes for notes about the church before the restorations of 1858. {4} Parish church. C12, Cl.5, 1601 and C19. After fire in 1599 nave was restored by John Tirrel. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Plain tile and lead roofs. Ashlar coped gables with kneelers. Tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch and chancel. C12 west tower with marks of previous buildings to west now masked by large C17 buttress. Small stair lights, two-light C12 bell openings, gargoyles, battlements and pinnacles. C15 castellated nave with three, two-light chamfered mullion windows in clerestory. North aisle added circa 1870, has four, two-light pointed windows, and small doorway. East window, C19 three-light with flowing tracery. South chancel has small C15, two-light window with dripmould, and fine C15, three-light window, originally at east end. South nave has three, C19 pointed windows gable porch with stone coping, and fine door date 1602. Interior has three-bay nave arcades, with Tuscan Doric columns of 1601 supporting medieval arches. C19 Rood screen, and ogee-headed piscina. Monument to Sir Thomas and Lucy Skipwith. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {}{}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1165640.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 68/4.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). page 562.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. METHERINGHAM. TF 06 SE:6, DA, 14/5/64.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Bonney. 1845. Bonney's Church Notes. pp.19-20.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 5/34.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 79/5.
  •  Article in Serial: Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. pages lxviii-lxix.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0702 6127 (75m by 92m)
Civil Parish METHERINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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