Building record MLI96529 - Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cherry Willingham
Summary
A parish church built in 1753. Believed to stand on the site of an earlier, probably medieval, church.
Type and Period (2)
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)
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Full Description
A parish church built in 1753 from limestone ashlar. Its west front has a central Tuscan doorway with flanking half columns supporting entablature and pediment. An inner round headed doorway has a Tuscan pilastered surround, moulded head and raised keystone inscribed with 1753. The church's interior features date from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and includes a number of monuments. 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}
The present church is Georgian, but is believed to stand on the site of an earlier, probably medieval, church that occupied a small knoll or eminence above the Witham flood plain. {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI2316 Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 3/27.
- <2> SLI765 Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1979. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1978' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.14, pp.79-80.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 0318 7241 (16m by 7m) |
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Civil Parish | CHERRY WILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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