MLI89896 - Church and churchyard of St John the Baptist, Great Hale

Monument record MLI89896 - Church and churchyard of St John the Baptist, Great Hale

Summary

Church and churchyard of St John the Baptist, Great Hale

Type and Period (3)

CHURCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
CHURCHYARD (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
SHEILA NA GIG (Medieval - 1400 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1168767: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

Full Description

PRN 64469 11th century parish church, with 13th, 14th and 17th century additions or alterations, restored 1896-7 by Hodgson Fowler. 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} A full architectural description of the church, including its interior fittings and memorials, is also given by Pevsner. {2} The west tower of this church is an atypical example of the late 11th/early 12th century 'Lincolnshire Tower' type, and is extensively discussed. Included within the tower are two pieces of re-used sculpture, a later 10th or early 11th century figure sculpture (probably the Virgin Mary) from a rood and a later medieval sheila-na-gig figure. {3}{4}{9}{10} The incumbents of the church from medieval times to the 19th century have also been discussed (along with its architecture, fittings and memorials). {7}{8}

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SLI5605 Index: Department of the Environment. 1988. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 12/39; 188.002.
<2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp 330-31.
<3> SLI11230 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2006. Summoning St Michael: Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire. No 21.
<4> SLI5526 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Lincolnshire. pp 170-72; illustrations 185-6.
<5> SLI3050 Index: Great Hale SMR cards. GREAT HALE. TF 14 SW; O.
<6> SLI2523 Index: Ordnance Survey. Great Hale O.S. cards. GREAT HALE. TF 14 SW; 7.
<7> SLI920 Bibliographic Reference: Rev. Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. pp 371-74.
<8> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p 541.
<9> SLI11295 Article in Serial: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2001. "Sex, self-censorship and the Anglo-Saxonist" in Lincolnshire Past and Present. vol. 42, pp 3-6.
<10> SLI11606 Article in Serial: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2000. 'A newly identified figure of the Virgin from a late Anglo-Saxon rood at Great Hale, Lincolnshire', in The Antiquaries Journal. Vol 80, pp 285-94.

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Grid reference	Centred TF 14845 42911 (66m by 60m)
Civil Parish	GREAT HALE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related to: The settlement of Great Hale (Monument) (MLI81203)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Survey: Site visit to St John the Baptist's church, Great Hale (ELI7574)

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 3:41PM

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