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Summary

Church of St Clement

Monument Types

• ANGLICAN CHURCH (EMED:AS:C11/MED:C13,C14/PM:C19, Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1000 AD to 1899 AD)

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1281071: CHURCH OF SAINT CLEMENT

Associated Finds - None

Associated Events - None

Full description

St. Clement's Church, Anglo-Saxon, Decorated, Perpendicular, 19th cent. rebuilding. Undateable "Roman statue base" in church. (Pevsner, 1964, 403-1; Taylor and Taylor 1965, ii, 688; OSSI). [1]

WORLABY TOP ROAD TA 01 SW (east side) 5/48 Church of Saint Clement 6/11/67 GV II* Parish church. Cll tower arch, C13 - C14 arcades. Rebuilt 1873-1877 by W Scott Champion, incorporating re-used medieval masonry and details. Limestone and ironstone ashlar with limestone ashlar dressings; chalk interior facing. Slate roof. West tower, 3-bay aisled nave with south porch and single-bay chancel. 2-stage tower: diagonal buttresses, moulded plinth; pointed 2-light traceried west window, traceried single-light windows with hood-moulds; moulded string course, raised over clockface on west. Twin square-headed traceried belfry openings, parapet, low 4-sided spire with iron cross finial. North aisle: chamfered plinth, restored square-headed 2-light north window with hood-mould and headstops, C19 pointed 3-light and 2-light traceried east and west windows. South aisle: buttresses to angles and between bays; pointed 3-light traceried windows, pointed 2-light west window with hood-mould and headstops and pointed east door with original hood-mould and headstops. Chancel: angle buttresses with traceried panels and gabled off-sets to east, pointed 3-light traceried windows. Open timber porch on dwarf ashlar wall with traceried side panels and decorative bargeboard; pointed double-chamfered inner door. Interior. Tall Cll round-headed tower arch with chamfered through-imposts. C14 - C15 3-bay north arcade of pointed double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers with restored capitals and bases. Late C13 - early C14 south arcade of pointed double chamfered arches on C19 re-cut filleted quatrefoil pier and keeled responds with C19 capitals and bases. C19 wooden chancel arch. Central stained-glass crucifixion panel in east window by Kempe. Late C14 grave slab in vestry with much worn effigy of Lady. Damaged C14 incised grave slab to civilian and wife at base of tower. Good wall tablet of 1670 in tower to the children of John, Lord Bellasyse: detailed inscription in carved surround with scrolls, hatchments and arms. Marble wall tablet of 1854 to Captain Augustus Webb, mortally wounded in charge of Light Cavalry at Balaclava. Disused medieval (probably Romanesque) font in tower with circular bowl bearing circular and semicircular carved motifs. N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, 430-1.
Listing NGR: TA0153314020 [2]

Grimsby Evening Telegraph, 1950-1970, Untitled Source (AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH). SLS4447.

<1> Loughlin, N and Miller, KR, 1979, A Survey of Archaeological Sites in Humberside, 224 (BOOK). SLS523.

<2> English Heritage/NMR, 2005, Listed building system data in MIDAS XML format, 165955 (COMPUTER DISK/TAPE). SLS2963.

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