All Saints Church, Haugham facts for kids
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Tower and spire of All Saints Church, Haugham
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| OS grid reference | TF 330 810 |
| Location | Haugham, Lincolnshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 9 March 1967 |
| Architect(s) | W. A. Nicholson |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1837 |
| Completed | 1840 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Rendered brick and green sandstone rubble Roofs slated |
All Saints Church is an old Anglican church in the small village of Haugham, Lincolnshire, England. It's a special building, listed as Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. This means it's very important and protected. The Churches Conservation Trust now looks after it. You can find the church on the edge of the village, about 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) south of Louth.
A Look Back in Time
This church was built a long time ago, between 1837 and 1840. It was built where an even older church used to stand. A person named William Adams Nicholson designed it. In May 1981, the church was no longer used for regular services.
How the Church Looks
Outside the Church
All Saints Church is made from brick covered in a smooth plaster called render. It also uses green sandstone rubble (rough stones). The roofs are covered with slate tiles. It's a small church, with space for about 80 people.
The church has a main hall called a nave, with a small entrance porch on the south side. It also has a chancel (the area near the altar) and a tall tower at the west end with a spire on top. The whole church sits on a raised base called a plinth.
The tower has strong supports called buttresses at its corners. It has a pointed window on the west side with two sections. There are also bell openings on each side, which let the sound of the bells out. The top of the tower has a fancy wall called a parapet with decorative holes and patterns. It also has pretty corner pinnacles, which are small, pointed towers.
On top of the tower is a tall, pointed roof called a spire. This spire is octagonal (eight-sided) and set back a bit. It has curved supports called flying buttresses and is decorated with small, hook-like carvings called crockets. People say this spire looks a bit like the much bigger spire of St. James Church in Louth.
Along the north side of the nave, there are three pointed windows, each with two sections. Between these windows are four more buttresses, also topped with fancy pinnacles. The top edge of the nave roof has decorative moulded edges and battlements (like a castle wall).
The north wall of the chancel has one narrow, pointed window. At the east end, there are more corner buttresses with pinnacles. There's also a large pointed window with three sections. Above this window is a fancy parapet with a carved head and a cross decoration called a finial. The south wall of the chancel has one narrow window. On the south wall of the nave, there are two pointed windows, each with two sections.
The porch has a pointed roof (gabled) and small windows on its east and west sides. It also has moulded edges, a fancy parapet with a finial, and pinnacles.
Inside the Church
Next to the arch that leads to the chancel, you'll see boards painted with the Ten Commandments. Above the arch are the Royal arms of Queen Victoria.
The wooden benches, called pews, are from the 1800s. They have carvings on their ends called poppyheads. There are also two special pews called box pews. One of these includes the pulpit (where the preacher stands) and the lectern (where readings are given).
The choir stalls (seats for the choir), the altar rail, and the reredos (a decorated screen behind the altar) are also from the 1800s. The stained glass windows are from the same time. One of them is a copy of a famous painting called The Light of the World by Holman Hunt.
The church also has some older items that were moved from the church that stood here before. These items are from the 1400s. They include an eight-sided font (a basin for baptisms) and another smaller font, or possibly a stoup (a basin for holy water). The memorials inside the church are from the 1700s and 1800s.
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