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.

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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)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 3/27.
  •  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)
Civil Parish CHERRY WILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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