Building record MLI89924 - Church and Churchyard of St Barbara, Haceby
Summary
Former parish church and churchyard of St Barbara, Haceby.
Type and Period (2)
- CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Former parish church, now redundant. Constructed in the 11th century, with later additions and alterations throughout the 13th to 16th centuries. Restored in 1924. Constructed in coursed limestone rubble and ashlar, with a pantiled and plain tiled roof. The church has an 12th century unbuttressed west tower, a clerestoried nave, south aisle and porch, 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. {1}
Pevsner records the church as the Church of St Margaret (possibly confusing the name with the church at the nearby village of Braceby - his description of the church at Haceby is, however, correct). Declared redundant in 1973 and now maintained by the Redundant Churches Fund. Early Norman, completely unmoulded chancel arch on the plainest imposts. West tower, unbuttressed, also Norman - see the small round-arched windows. The arch to the nave is Early Englsih. The bell stage is ashlar faced and in Decorated style. Early English chancel with 17th century eastern end. Lancet windows, including one 'low side'. One window with Y-tracery. Perpendicular south arcade with octagonal piers with double chamfered arches. Perpendicular windows. Perpendicular clerestory. There are traces of a medieval Doom painting over the chancel arch, with a later royal coat of arms painetd over the top. {2}{3}{4}
The tower is a late derivative of the 11th century 'Lincolnshire tower' type, probably of 12th century date, although only the lower stage survives and the bell-chamber is a 14th-15th century replacement. A late medieval bell dedicated to St Barbara hangs within the tower.There is a re-used fragment of Romanesque sculpture on the west face of the tower about 8m above ground level. {5}
There are also two re-used stones, one in the west window of the south porch and one in the chancel aumbrey, with 12th-13th century cross pattee designs. {6}
During a watching brief, a probably rectangular stone foundation on the north side of the church was revealed. It may represent a demolished north aisle of similar size to the existing south aisle. A slightly raised linear earthwork was visible, apparently following the line of the possible foundation. The investigation also revealed that the existing tower was built after the possible north aisle but before the south aisle, and that the porch is a later feature. If the tower is of Norman date, then the possible north aisle is likely to be an earlier Norman or pre-Norman element of the church. {7}{8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI5596 Index: Department of the Environment. 1990. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/46 (320.008).
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.354.
- <3> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 03 NW: AC.
- <4> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 03 NW: 9.
- <5> SLI11230 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2006. Summoning St Michael: Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire. pp.166-8, no.23.
- <6> SLI5526 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Lincolnshire. Appendix F, p.317.
- <7> SLI13048 Report: Mike Jarvis Archaeological Services. 2010. St Margaret's Church, Haceby: Archaeological Watching Brief. HASM09.
- <8> SLI13049 Archive: Mike Jarvis Archaeological Services. 2010. St Margaret's Church, Haceby: Archaeological Watching Brief. LCNCC 2009.121.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 03033 36068 (46m by 52m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NEWTON AND HACEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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