St Martin, North Owersby
St Martin, North Owersby
The Church of St Martin on Church Lane, North Owersby, is a Grade II parish church in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, rebuilt in 1762 with medieval ironstone and an apsidal chancel, in the Diocese of Lincoln.
- Location
- North Owersby, Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lincolnshire
- City / town
- North Owersby
- Address
- Church Lane, North Owersby, Lincolnshire, LN8 3PN
- Postcode
- LN8 3PN
- Built
- Totally rebuilt 1762 using medieval masonry; C19 alterations
- Architect
- J. Warner of Caistor (1762 rebuild)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Martin
- Diocese
- Lincoln
- Parish
- Owersby
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Georgian rebuild with apsidal chancel
- Materials
- Ironstone rubble, ashlar dressings, lead roof
- Grid reference
- TF 062 947
- Opening hours
- Open daily, dawn to dusk.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a parish church totally rebuilt in 1762 using medieval masonry, with nineteenth-century alterations, of ironstone rubble, ashlar dressings and a lead roof: a two-stage west tower, tall nave and apsidal chancel. Semi-circular headed windows have a plain circle over; a sundial sits on the south nave wall. The interior has a wide semi-circular chancel arch, a domed apse, an exposed eighteenth-century butt-purlin roof, Minton tiles in the chancel, a brass to the Revd Neilson (d. 1827), painted inscriptions of 1764 to churchwarden John Richardson and painter Rob Sheardown, and an eighteenth-century font on a bulbous pedestal. Listed Grade II on 1 November 1966 (NHLE 1166156). Local accounts name J. Warner of Caistor as the 1762 builder of the apse.
The civil parish is now Owersby. No separate parish website was found.