Church

St Andrew, Kirton in Lindsey

St Andrew, Kirton in Lindsey

St Andrew’s on St Andrews Street, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, is a Grade I parish church of the eleventh and twelfth centuries with a thirteenth-century tower, restored in 1860–62, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Location
Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Country
England
County
Lincolnshire
City / town
Kirton in Lindsey
Address
St Andrews Street, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, DN21 4PJ
Postcode
DN21 4PJ
Built
C11–C12; C13 tower; C15 additions; restored 1860–62
Architect
J. H. Hakewill (nave); E. Christian (chancel)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Andrew
Diocese
Lincoln
Parish
Kirton in Lindsey
Grade
I
Style
Norman, Early English and Perpendicular
Materials
Limestone rubble and squared limestone with ashlar dressings; plate roof
Grid reference
SK 934 985
Opening hours
Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
Access
Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records a church of the eleventh and twelfth centuries with a thirteenth-century tower, fifteenth-century additions and alterations, restored in 1860–62: the nave by J. H. Hakewill of London and the chancel by E. Christian of Lincoln. Materials are limestone rubble and squared limestone with limestone ashlar dressings and tower parapet, and a plate roof. There is a massive three-stage thirteenth-century west tower with a pointed west door of three shafted orders, stiff-leaf capitals, and dog-tooth mouldings, and a fifteenth-century battlemented parapet. The nave has four-bay aisles and a fifteenth-century clerestory. Listed Grade I on 6 November 1967 (NHLE 1083025). The legal parish is Kirton in Lindsey.

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