---
title: "St Germain, Scothern"
description: "Located in Scothern, Lincolnshire. Built c.1200 onwards; tower c.1590; restorations 1796, 1840, 1876 and 1904. Diocese of Lincoln. Grade II*. Medieval Gothic with Perpendicular tower style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Lincolnshire","Scothern","Grade II*","Limestone","Diocese of Lincoln"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-germain-scothern"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:37:53.382Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:34:01.711Z"
location: "Scothern, Lincolnshire"
country: "England"
county: "Lincolnshire"
town: "Scothern"
address: "Church Street, Scothern, Lincolnshire, LN2 2UA"
postcode: "LN2 2UA"
built: "c.1200 onwards; tower c.1590; restorations 1796, 1840, 1876 and 1904"
architect: "Kirke of Sleaford (1876 restoration)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Germain"]
diocese: "Lincoln"
grade: "II*"
style: "Medieval Gothic with Perpendicular tower"
materials: "Coursed and squared limestone rubble with some red brick and ashlar dressings; plain tiled roofs"
website: "https://www.weltondunholmescothernchurches.com/"
openingHours: "The church is open every day, from 9am to 5pm."
parish: "Scothern"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064122"
gridReference: "TF 034 774"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Germain, Scothern

St Germain is a Grade II* parish church on Church Street, Scothern, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln and the Welton, Dunholme and Scothern benefice.

## Overview

Historic England dates the church to about 1200, with late-thirteenth-century work, a tower of about 1590, and restorations of 1796, 1840, 1876 (by Kirke of Sleaford) and a 1904 rebuilding of the chancel and vestry. Materials are coursed and squared limestone rubble with some red brick and ashlar dressings and plain tiled roofs with stone-coped gables. The plan comprises a western tower, nave, chancel, north transept and vestry. The three-stage tower of about 1591 has clasping angle buttresses, an embattled parapet with pinnacles and gargoyles, paired belfry lights in semi-circular-headed openings, a reused thirteenth-century west door with head stops, and an eighteenth-century clock. A staircase rises in the north-east angle.

Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer notes a Perpendicular tower (possibly 1590), an Early English nave arcade and a twelfth-century chancel arch, and a floriated tomb slab formerly in the chancel. Archaeological watching briefs in 2000 confirmed that the north aisle was rebuilt in brick after a 1796 faculty and later partly rebuilt in stone when the north transept was added in 1840. The church is open daily from 9am to 5pm.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1064122](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064122)
- [Welton, Dunholme and Scothern Churches](https://www.weltondunholmescothernchurches.com)