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Old All Saints Church, Great Steeping 
Old All Saints Church, Great Steeping, from the southeastLocation in Lincolnshire
Old All Saints Church, Great SteepingCoordinates: 53°09′12″N 0°08′39″E / 53.1533°N 0.1441°E OS grid reference TF 434 639 Location Great Steeping, Lincolnshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 17 December 1987 Architectural type Church Style Georgian Groundbreaking 1748 Completed 1908 Specifications Materials Brick with limestone dressings and some greenstone
Tiled roofOld All Saints Church, Great Steeping, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Great Steeping, 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 in marshland, surrounded by a medieval field system, at the end of a lane leading south from the B1195 road, some 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Spilsby.[2][3]
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History
The church was built in 1748 on the site of an earlier medieval church, and was restored in 1908.[1] However a new church, also dedicated to All Saints, was built nearer the centre of the village in 1891, and the old church was declared redundant in August 1973.[4]
Architecture
All Saints is constructed in brick with limestone dressings, on a plinth of greenstone rubble. The roof is tiled.[1] The architectural style is Georgian.[5] Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave and chancel under one roof, and a bellcote at the west end. The bellcote is rectangular and weatherboarded, with a pyramidal roof. At the west end of the church is a doorway with a moulded architrave and a raised keystone. Above this is a stone inscribed with the dates 1748 and 1908, and there is a band with a pediment above that. Along each side of the church are two semicircular-headed windows. Between the windows on the south side is a sundial. At the east end is a smaller semicircular-headed window, above which is the outline of the gable of the chancel of the earlier church.[1]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England
References
- ^ a b c d "Old Church of All Saints, Great Steeping", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1267241, retrieved 15 May 2011
- ^ a b All Saints' Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/All-Saints-Church-Great-Steeping-Lincolnshire/, retrieved 25 March 2011
- ^ Great Steeping, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/543358_363975_120, retrieved 9 March 2011
- ^ Great Steepling, Church History, GENUKI, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/GreatSteeping/#ChurchHist, retrieved 9 March 2011
- ^ Great Steeping, All Saints Church, Britain Express, http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4061, retrieved 9 March 2011
Categories:- Grade II* listed buildings in Lincolnshire
- Grade II* listed churches
- Church of England churches in Lincolnshire
- Georgian architecture
- Religious buildings completed in 1748
- Buildings and structures completed in 1908
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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