St John the Baptist, Stainton by Langworth
St John the Baptist, Stainton by Langworth
St John the Baptist’s is a Grade II parish church on Church Lane, Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln: a Georgian rebuild of 1795 on a working-farmyard site, incorporating fabric from a fallen fourteenth-century church.
- Location
- Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lincolnshire
- City / town
- Stainton by Langworth
- Address
- Church Lane, Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire, LN3 5DA
- Postcode
- LN3 5DA
- Built
- 1795, incorporating C14 material; restored 1885
- Architect
- Thomas Berry of Gainsborough
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- John the Baptist
- Diocese
- Lincoln
- Parish
- Stainton by Langworth
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Georgian
- Materials
- Squared coursed limestone rubble with limestone and sandstone ashlar dressings; slate roofs
- Grid reference
- TF 061 775
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
- Website
- https://www.slbchurches.org/
Overview
Historic England lists the church (1064046, Grade II, 30 November 1966). The listing describes a parish church of 1795 incorporating fourteenth-century materials, restored in 1885, in squared coursed limestone rubble with limestone and sandstone ashlar dressings and slate roofs. The plan is a two-storey western tower, nave and chancel. The tower has a pyramidal roof, western double doors with a sandstone architrave, and a louvred circular bell opening. Nave side walls have pairs of large semi-circular headed windows of twelve panes. The east window is similar, with 1885 stained glass.
Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer and the listing record that when the medieval church fell, a new church was erected in about 1794–95 to designs by Thomas Berry of Gainsborough. The double-chamfered chancel arch reuses fourteenth-century engaged octagonal responds; their floriate capitals were recut in 1795. Commandment panels flank the arch. The font is among the reused medieval fittings. There are no regular advertised opening hours.