Building record MLI89563 - St Peter Eastgate church and churchyard
Summary
St Peter Eastgate church and churchyard
Type and Period (4)
- CHURCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1000 AD to 1649 AD)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1781 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1000 AD to 1850 AD)
- CHANTRY CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1293 AD to 1649 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 70525
This church was located just outside the east gate of the city, at the city-ward end of a substantial market. An early 18th century drawing shows it having a tower of the later 11th century 'Lincolnshire type', similar to St Mary le Wigford or St Peter at Gowts. On the basis of comparison with these, it appears likely that this tower was added to an earlier structure and therefore that this church may have been founded before the Conquest. The same 18th century drawing shows the church having a late medieval style of fenestration, suggesting that it was still being maintained and invested in into the later medieval period and its parish is not one of the ones listed as unsustainable in 1428. Roger son of Benedict established a chantry dedicated to St Margaret within the church in 1293 which also survived into the late medieval period. The church survived the Reformation and appears to have been destroyed during the Civil War, when it was apparently dismantled to prevent it being used as a bastion from which to attack the upper city. It was replaced with a small and minimal neo-Classical structure in 1781 after the parish had been united with St Margaret Pottergate in 1778. This structure was itself completely rebuilt in 1870 and extended in 1914, and is still in use. The original churchyard also remained in use until the 1850s. {1}{4}{5}
The rebuilt later church of 1870 is a Listed building, as is the attached boundary wall. The church of 1870 was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and has chancel decoration by Bodley in 1884. A south aisle was added in 1914, designed by Temple Moor and paid for by Alfred Shuttleworth. 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. {2}
The medieval church is first mentioned in documentary sources in 1147-8. {3}
There was a Guild of St Christopher connected to this church, which received bequests in 1398 and 1446. {4}
The western tower of the medieval church is shown in an 18th century sketch of the church ruins. The tower appears to have been a typical example of the late 11th century 'Lincolnshire Tower' type, which has been extensively discussed. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI9142 Bibliographic Reference: Jones, Michael, J; Stocker, D.; and Vince, A.. 2003. The City by the Pool including LARA. RAZ 9.60.4, 10.60.4, 11.60.1.
- <2> SLI5854 Index: Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Dec 1999. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1941-1/9/103; 269.157-8.
- <3> SLI6442 Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1984. The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, Part 1. 1. p 133.
- <4> SLI11158 Article in Serial: Edmund Venables. 1888. 'A list and brief description of the churches of Lincoln previous to the period of the Reformation' in Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. p 344, no. 47.
- <5> SLI11159 Bibliographic Reference: E. Mansel Sympson. 1906. Lincoln: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City. p 335.
- <6> SLI11230 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2006. Summoning St Michael: Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire. No 36.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 97984 71947 (47m by 38m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MINSTER, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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