Church

All Saints, Laughton

All Saints, Laughton

All Saints is a Grade I parish church on Church Road, Laughton, near Gainsborough, in the Diocese of Lincoln and the parish of Laughton with Wildsworth.

Location
Laughton, Lincolnshire
Country
England
County
Lincolnshire
City / town
Laughton
Address
Church Road, Laughton, Lincolnshire, DN21 3PP
Postcode
DN21 3PP
Built
C12–C16; restored and chancel rebuilt 1894–96
Architect
Bodley and Garner (1894–96 restoration and chancel)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
All Saints
Diocese
Lincoln
Parish
Laughton with Wildsworth
Grade
I
Style
Norman to Perpendicular
Materials
Coursed limestone rubble and ashlar with lead roofs
Grid reference
SK 849 972
Opening hours
Key available from school office nearby.
Access
Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records fabric of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, with an 1894 restoration and chancel rebuilding by Bodley and Garner. The church is of coursed limestone rubble and ashlar with lead roofs: a western tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel, south porch and vestry. The fourteenth-century tower has a moulded west door, two-light belfry openings and a stair turret in the northeast angle.

The late twelfth-century north arcade has circular piers with waterleaf and other capitals. Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer notes that the 1894–96 restoration, funded by Charlotte Meynell-Ingram, supplied much of the present interior, including painted ceiling, rood screen and reredos. A reset brass of about 1405 to a member of the D'Alison family survives. The Church Heritage Record classifies the building as a festival church.

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