St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham

St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham
St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham, from the southeast
St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham Location in Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 53°34′17″N 0°44′39″W / 53.5713°N 0.7441°W / 53.5713; -0.7441
OS grid reference	SE 833 090
Location	Burringham, Lincolnshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint John the Baptist
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	7 March 1985
Architect(s)	S. S. Teulon
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1856
Completed	1857
Closed	1983
Specifications
Materials	Brick with limestone details Roofs slated

St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Burringham, Lincolnshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,^[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.^[2] The church stands at the south end of the village, on the east bank of the River Trent.^[2][3]

History

The church was built in 1856–57 to a design by S. S. Teulon.^[1] It closed in 1983, and was declared redundant the following year.^[4]

Architecture

Exterior

St John's is constructed in red brick with English bond brickwork. The details are in black brick and limestone ashlar. The roofs of the body of the church are slated, and the porch has a concrete tile roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a chancel with an apse and an organ chamber and vestry on the north side, and a west tower incorporating a porch. The tower is short, and has buttresses at its junction with the nave, and a stair turret at the northwest angle. It has a two-light north window, and a similar but larger three-light west window. Above the porch is a trefoil containing three blocked trefoils and a roundel in the centre. There is a brick frieze under the eaves, and on the summit of the tower is a pyramidal roof with a pinnacle. The south porch has buttresses flanking a trefoil-headed doorway, and a four-bay blind arcade on each side. On the sides of the nave are two-light windows. The chancel has lancet windows, and three two-light windows in the apse. At the eastern end of the roof is a pinnacle.^[1]

Interior

The interior of the church is decorated in polychrome brick, in red, yellow and black. It is floored with polychrome encaustic tiles. The font is octagonal, with coloured encaustic tiled panels. There is 19th-century stained glass in the south and east windows.^[1] The ceiling above the altar is painted with stars and constellations.^[2] The organ had been made in 1849 by Forster and Andrews for St Andrew's Church, Epworth. It was moved here and restored at an unknown date by T. L. Jubb and Son.^[5]

See also

• List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Church of St John the Baptist, Burringham", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1083016, retrieved 12 May 2011 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Church of St John the Baptist, Burringham, Lincolnshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-John-the-Baptist-Burringham-Lincolnshire/, retrieved 25 March 2011 
3. ^ Burringham, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/483157_409060_120, retrieved 12 March 2011 
4. ^ Gunness with Burringham Par, Lincolnshire Archives, http://www.lincolnshireassembly.com/upload/public/attachments/686/Gunness_.pdf, retrieved 12 March 2011 
5. ^ Lincolnshire (Humberside), Burringham, St. John (D03766), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03766, retrieved 12 March 2011