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| Name: | Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cherry Willingham |
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| HER Number: | MLI96529 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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Summary
A parish church built in 1753. Believed to stand on the site of an earlier, probably medieval, church.
| Grid Reference: | TF 031 724 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF07SW |
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| Parish: | CHERRY WILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
A parish church built in 1753 from limestone ashlar. Its west front has a central Tuscan doorway with flanking half columns supporting entablature and pediment. An inner round headed doorway has a Tuscan pilastered surround, moulded head and raised keystone inscribed with 1753. The church's interior features date from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and includes a number of monuments. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}
The present church is Georgian, but is believed to stand on the site of an earlier, probably medieval, church that occupied a small knoll or eminence above the Witham flood plain. {2}
<1> Department of the Environment, 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/27 (Index). SLI2316.
<2> A.J. White (ed.), 1979, 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1978' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol.14, pp.79-80 (Article in Serial). SLI765.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 3/27. |
| <2> | Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1979. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1978' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.14, pp.79-80. |
Related records
| MLI116044 | Parent of: Cherry Willingham War Memorial (Monument) |
| MLI52865 | Parent of: Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cherry Willingham (Monument) |
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