- St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby
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St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby 
St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby, from the southeastLocation in Lincolnshire
St John the Baptist's Church, SutterbyCoordinates: 53°13′50″N 0°04′29″E / 53.2306°N 0.0746°E OS grid reference TF 386 724 Location Sutterby, Lincolnshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Friends of Friendless Churches History Dedication John the Baptist Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II Designated 3 February 1967 Architectural type Church Groundbreaking 12th century Completed 14th century Specifications Materials Greenstone with brick,
slate roofsSt John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Sutterby, Lincolnshire, England (grid reference TF386724). It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.[2]
History
The church dates from the 12th century with additions in the 14th century.[1] A south porch was added in 1743.[2] It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in August 1972, and gifted as a monument in March 1981.[3] It was taken into the care of the charity, the Friends of Friendless Churches, who has held the freehold from 3 July 1981.[4] Major repairs were carried out in 2002, and more repairs are being undertaken in 2010.[2]
Architecture
St John's is a simple building in one storey. It is constructed in greenstone with some brick patching, and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave with a south porch, and a narrower chancel. In the west wall is a blocked window. The north wall contains a blocked 12th-century round-arched doorway and a blocked rectangular window. In the east wall is a four-light window with trefoil heads, and there is a similar two-light window in the south wall of the chancel. The south wall of the nave is supported by a brick buttress, to the left of which is a two-light window dating from the 14th century. The porch is gabled and has a 14th-century ogee-arched doorway.[1] Internally, the furniture includes a 14th-century font in Decorated style with carved tracery on its sides, an 18th-century pulpit which is in a collapsed condition, and what remains of a 19th-century screen.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Church of St John the Baptist, Langton by Spilsby", Heritage Gateway website (Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England)), 2006, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=195968&resourceID=5, retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ a b c Sutterby St John the Baptist, Friends of Friendless Churches, http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/CMSMS/index.php?page=sutterby, retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ Sutterby, GENUKI, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Sutterby/#ChurchHist, retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ Churches and chapels owned by the Friends of Friendless Churches: Details for Visitors, London: Friends of Friendless Churches, June 2010
- ^ Saunders, Matthew (2010), Saving Churches, London: Frances Lincoln, pp. 100–101, ISBN 978-0-7112-3154-2
Categories:- Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire
- Grade II listed churches
- Churches preserved by the Friends of Friendless Churches
- 12th-century architecture
- 12th-century church buildings
- 14th-century architecture
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