St Vedast, Tathwell
St Vedast, Tathwell
St Vedast’s (listed as St Vedest) is the Grade II* church of Tathwell, Lincolnshire, an isolated hillside church with a Norman tower base and a largely Georgian brick body, in the Diocese of Lincoln.
- Location
- Tathwell, Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lincolnshire
- City / town
- Tathwell
- Address
- Thackers Lane, Tathwell, Lincolnshire, LN11 9SR
- Postcode
- LN11 9SR
- Built
- Early 12th-century tower base; late 18th century; 1857
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Vedast
- Diocese
- Lincoln
- Parish
- Raithby
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Norman tower; Georgian and Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Green sandstone rubble and red brick with limestone ashlar dressings; slate roofs
- Grid reference
- TF 320 829
- Opening hours
- Open daily dawn to dusk.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England dates a parish church of the early twelfth century, altered in the late eighteenth century and in 1857. The lowest three and a half metres of the broad west tower are twelfth-century green sandstone; above, the tower is red brick with segmental-headed bell openings and brick-and-stone battlements. The nave has a south porch and a polygonal chancel with north vestry. A rubble plinth runs around the church, with brick above. Domesday Book records a church at Tathwell in 1086.
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture notes that the tower arch is early twelfth-century and that a north-east vestry and south porch were added about 1886. The dedication to St Vedast (Vaast of Arras) is uncommon in England. The church is a festival church in the parish of Raithby. It was listed Grade II* on 9 March 1967 (NHLE 1359666).