Building record MLI89973 - Church of St Andrew, Burton Pedwardine
Summary
Parish church of 11th century origin, though largely rebuilt in 1870-1. Contains fragments of re-used Saxon and Norman carved stonework.
Type and Period (3)
- CHURCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1099 AD)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to Modern - 1330 AD to 2050 AD)
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Full Description
The church at Burton Pedwardine is mentioned in Domesday Book along with its priest, in the entry for land owned by Guy de Craon. The structure has its origins in the late Saxon period, though was rebuilt in 1330-1340 by Sir Roger Pedwardine, who added a chapel to St Mary. The structure was again almost completely re-built in 1870-1 by Charles Kirk, and only the north transept and chapel of the medieval church survived. Fragments of an early carved font and churchyard cross were found during this later re-building. 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}{2}
The incumbents and architecture of the church, along with notable tombstones, are discussed by Trollope. {3}
Fragments of Saxon and Norman carved stone were re-used during the building of the west wall of the chapel. The re-used stones were described as:
'An important collection of 10th and 11th century fragments, in particular a large capital with primitive volutes and upright leaves which no doubt came from one of the familiar early double bell-openings. Also includes 6 fragments from a cross shaft or shafts, in excellent condition, with a variety of standard interlace motifs and an excellent large capital with schematic volutes and upright leaves, similar to one in the south bell-opening at St. Peter at Gowts in Lincoln.' {4}{5}{6}
The re-used Anglo-Saxon fragments include part of a possible cross-shaft of later 10th century date along with two incomplete grave covers, both in pieces, of mid 10th-early 11th century date. All the fragments are decorated. {7}
The early Norman fragments include two pieces of stonework (both capitals) from a distinctive late 11th century 'Lincolnshire tower' type bell-chamber opening.
The architectural development of the church prior to the 19th century rebuilding appears to have been quite complicated. Two re-used architectural stones appear to have originally formed part of a bell-chamber opening of the distinctive late 11th century 'Lincolnshire tower' type, suggesting the presence of a western tower of this type for at least the earlier part of the medieval period. However, early 19th century drawings show the remains of a crossing tower with later medieval bell-chamber openings, suggesting that it had been altered or rebuilt. {8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI893 Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 57/30.
- <2> SLI5605 Index: Department of the Environment. 1988. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/16; 75.002.
- <3> SLI920 Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. pp.347-52.
- <4> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 14 SW: O.
- <5> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 14 SW: 2.
- <6> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp.199-200.
- <7> SLI5526 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 1999. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Lincolnshire. pp.119-21, illus.71-8.
- <8> SLI11230 Bibliographic Reference: Paul Everson and David Stocker. 2006. Summoning St Michael: Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire. no.11.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 11934 42100 (22m by 20m) Surveyed |
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| Civil Parish | BURTON PEDWARDINE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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