Church

All Saints, Hemswell

All Saints, Hemswell

All Saints is a Grade II* Church of England parish church on Church Street, Hemswell, Lincolnshire, on the Lincoln Cliff, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Location
Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Country
England
County
Lincolnshire
City / town
Hemswell
Address
Church Street, Hemswell, Lincolnshire, DN21 5UN
Postcode
DN21 5UN
Built
Early C13 north arcade; south aisle removed 1754; west tower 1762–64; nave and chancel rebuilt 1858 (work of 1857–65)
Architect
Probably Henry Goddard (1857–65 rebuild)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
All Saints
Diocese
Lincoln
Parish
Hemswell All Saints
Grade
II*
Style
Early English arcade; Georgian tower; C19 Gothic nave and chancel
Materials
Coursed ironstone rubble, limestone rubble and ashlar; slate roofs
Grid reference
SK 9305 9092
Opening hours
Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
Access
Level access to the main areas

Overview

An Early English three-bay north arcade with octagonal piers and a stiff-leaf capital on the east respond survives from the thirteenth-century church. The south aisle was taken down in 1754. The present three-stage west tower, with round-arched openings and corner pinnacles, was built in 1762–64; a stone records both the aisle’s removal and the tower’s completion. Nave, north aisle, porch and rectangular chancel were rebuilt in 1858 (Lincolnshire HER: 1857–65, probably by Henry Goddard, who had reported on the church in 1846). A Decorated sedilia remains in the chancel; the font is Decorated, repaired in 1865, and bears the Monson arms. A painted royal arms is signed I. Hawkesworth of Gainsborough, 1837.

Historic England listed the church Grade II* on 16 December 1964 (list entry 1166242). No dedicated parish website has been confirmed.

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