Church

St Peter, Conisholme

St Peter, Conisholme

St Peter is a Grade I parish church on Church Lane in Conisholme, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln. Historic England dates the fabric to the late twelfth century, with later work of the fifteenth century, 1761, 1853 and 1876.

Location
Conisholme, Lincolnshire
Country
England
County
Lincolnshire
City / town
Conisholme
Address
Conisholme, Lincolnshire, LN11 7LX
Postcode
LN11 7LX
Built
Late C12; altered C15, 1761, 1853 and 1876
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Peter
Diocese
Lincoln
Parish
Conisholme
Grade
I
Style
Norman and later
Materials
Greenstone, ironstone and limestone rubble, limestone ashlar and red brick; pantile roofs
Grid reference
TF 403 954
Opening hours
Please contact us to arrange a visit or for details of open days.
Access
Level access throughout

Overview

The listing describes a reduced church of nave with west bellcote and chancel, built of greenstone, ironstone and limestone rubble, limestone ashlar and red brick, under pantile roofs with brick and stone coped gables. The west front was rebuilt in red brick in 1853, with flanking buttresses, a lancet and a gabled bellcote. The north side of the nave shows the outlines of four blocked north arcade bays, two picked out in red tiles, and a 1761 window with a round red-brick head and wooden Y-tracery. The east end was restored in 1876 and has a fifteenth-century east window with a flattened triangular head. The south doorway of 1761 has a stone inscribed ID 1761.

Inside, four bays of the north arcade survive. Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer notes scant remains of a Norman doorway arch and an Early English four-bay arcade. An Anglo-Saxon wheel cross was found in the churchyard. The church is now a festival church in the parish of Conisholme.

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