St Botolph's Church, Skidbrooke facts for kids
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St Botolph's Church, Skidbrooke, from the southeast
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| OS grid reference | TF439932 |
| Location | Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Botolph |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 9 March 1967 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Limestone and brick Slate roofs |
St Botolph's Church is an old Anglican church located near the village of Skidbrooke in Lincolnshire, England. It is no longer used for regular church services. This historic building is protected as a Grade I listed building, which means it's very important. The Churches Conservation Trust takes care of it. You can find the church in a quiet, isolated spot in the marshlands of Lincolnshire, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Louth.
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History of St Botolph's Church
This church was first built in the early 1200s. Over the years, parts of it were changed and added, especially in the 1300s and 1400s. More updates happened in 1854 and 1871, and also during the 1900s. The church stopped being used for regular services in November 1973.
Church Architecture
Outside the Church
St Botolph's Church is built from limestone and brick. Some parts have a smooth plaster-like finish called rendering. The roofs are made of slate tiles, with stone edges called copings on the gables (the triangular parts of the wall under the roof). Brick was used for the low walls (called parapets) of the aisles, the east gable of the nave (the main part of the church), and the edges of the clerestory (the upper part of the nave with windows).
The church has a main area (nave) with a raised section of windows (clerestory). It also has side sections (north and south aisles), a porch on the south side, a chancel (the area around the altar), and a tower at the west end. The tower stands on a decorative base and has strong supports called buttresses. It has a main doorway with a pointed arch and a window above it. Higher up, there are windows for the bells. The top of the tower has a battlemented parapet, like a castle, with decorative gargoyles and pinnacles.
Inside the Church
The main arches inside the church, called arcades, were built in the early 1200s. These arches are supported by eight-sided pillars. The tops of the pillars (called capitals) in the north arcade are plain. However, three of the four capitals in the south arcade have interesting carvings.
In the chancel, there's a small cupboard called an aumbry in the north wall. In the south wall, you can find a piscina (a basin for washing sacred vessels) and a damaged sedilia (seats for the clergy). On each side of the east window, there are large, white-painted grotesque corbels, which are decorative supports.
On the floor of the chancel, there's a gravestone for a vicar who died in 1413. In the nave floor, there are two more gravestones from the 1700s. The south aisle also has another grotesque corbel stone. The font, used for baptisms, is from the early 1200s. It has an eight-sided bowl on an eight-sided base. You can also see monuments from the 1800s and early 1900s inside the church.
Churchyard Features
The churchyard is home to the war graves of three service members. These include a soldier from the Labour Corps and a Coastguard from World War I. There is also a Merchant Navy sailor from World War II buried here.
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