St Margaret, Somersby
St Margaret, Somersby
St Margaret’s at Somersby, Lincolnshire, is a Grade II* fifteenth-century Perpendicular parish church of greenstone, restored in 1865, in the Diocese of Lincoln, and the church of Alfred Tennyson’s childhood.
- Location
- Somersby, Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lincolnshire
- City / town
- Somersby
- Address
- Somersby, Lincolnshire, PE23 4NP
- Postcode
- PE23 4NP
- Built
- C15; restored 1865
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Margaret
- Diocese
- Lincoln
- Parish
- South Ormsby Group
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Perpendicular
- Materials
- Dressed greenstone, some brick patching, slate roofs
- Grid reference
- TF 343 726
- Opening hours
- Open daily dawn to dusk.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a parish church of the fifteenth century, restored in 1865: dressed greenstone with some brick patching and slate roofs; a restored single-stage fifteenth-century tower with brick parapet, nave, south porch and chancel. The porch sundial is dated 1751. Inside are a double-chamfered tower arch, an off-centre chancel arch on octagonal responds, and a plain octagonal ashlar font. There is a brass to George Littlebury (1612) and a memorial to Kath and Robert Burton (1742). Listed Grade II* on 14 September 1966 (NHLE 1147772). George Clayton Tennyson was rector of Somersby and of neighbouring Bag Enderby; he is buried west of the porch. Alfred Tennyson was born at Somersby and the siblings born there were christened in the font. The legal parish is the South Ormsby Group.