Church

St Mary, East Barkwith

St Mary, East Barkwith

St Mary’s is the Grade II* parish church of East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, a medieval church with a mid-fifteenth-century west tower, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Location
East Barkwith, Lincolnshire
Country
England
County
Lincolnshire
City / town
East Barkwith
Address
Torrington Lane, East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, LN8 5RY
Postcode
LN8 5RY
Built
Early 12th century onwards; chancel 1846; north aisle 1868–69
Architect
J. B. Atkinson (1846 chancel); R. J. Withers (1868–69)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Mary
Diocese
Lincoln
Parish
East Barkwith St Mary
Grade
II*
Style
Perpendicular tower; Victorian restoration
Materials
Coursed ironstone, limestone and greenstone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings, slate roofs
Grid reference
TF 165 814
Opening hours
Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
Access
Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England dates the parish church to the early twelfth, mid thirteenth and mid fifteenth centuries, with seventeenth-century work, a chancel of 1846 by J. B. Atkinson, and a north aisle of 1868–69 by R. J. Withers. Materials are coursed ironstone, limestone and greenstone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings and slate roofs. The plan is west tower, nave with north and south aisles, south porch, chancel with north vestry and south organ chamber.

The three-stage west tower is mid-fifteenth-century ironstone with a Perpendicular west window, seventeenth-century paired bell openings, battlements and pinnacles. Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer notes a Perpendicular porch and doorway, an octagonal font, and fourteenth-century stained glass. The church stands on Church Lane (D1 address: Torrington Lane), in the Diocese of Lincoln.

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