St Botolph's Church, Saxilby

St Botolph's Church
St Botolph's Church, Saxilby
St Botolph's Church, Saxilby
53°16′29″N0°39′33″W / 53.274797°N 0.659147°W / 53.274797; -0.659147
OS grid reference	SK 89514 76151
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.saxilbyparishchurch.co.uk
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	November 1966
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Parish	Saxilby with Ingleby

St Botolph's Church, Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England, is an active parish church in the Church of England. Located off Church Lane to the north of the village centre, it is a Grade I listed building.

History and description

St Botolph's interior

The church was built in the 12th century and underwent alterations to the interior and exterior in the 13th and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1819 and again in 1908. ^{[1] [2]} Nicholas Antram, in his revised Lincolnshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, notes the range of architectural styles evident; from the Norman north door, through the Early English Gothic of the arcade to later Decorated and Perpendicular elements. ^[3] The interior contains an important funerary monument depicting a knight and his wife and dating from about 1370. ^[4]

St Bodolph's remains an active church holding regular services, ^[5] weddings, ^[6] and community events. ^[7]

References

1. Historic England. "Church of St Botolph, Saxilby with Ingleby (Grade I) (1359490)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 February 2025.
2. "MLI51474 - St Botolphs Church, Saxilby with Ingleby". heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. Pevsner, Harris & Antram 2002, pp. 623–624.
4. "Saxilby St Botolph". National Churches Trust . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
5. "St Botolph's, Saxilby". Saxilby Parish Church. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
6. Mathews, Jane (16 March 2013). "Primary school teacher's class show up for wedding". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
7. "St Botolph's, Saxilby - Forthcoming events". Saxilby Parish Church. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   0-300-09620-8.