Diameter: 11.75" Bell 1 of 1
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Dove Bell ID: 61404 Tower ID: 24287 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Ulceby: All Saints
Diocese of Lincoln
Festival Church, 621535
http://www.alfordgroupofchurches.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TF 422 726
Rebuilt 1826 and restored 1885. West porch with vestries added 1893.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
2-bay nave, with west porch (store to north and vestry to south), chancel. West bellcote.
Dimensions:
[Approximate] Nave 10m (33ft) x 6m (20ft), chancel 4½m (15ft) x 4m (13ft)
Footprint of Church buildings: 126 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
Ulceby is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but the village had reduced by 1450 and united with Fordington, to the south. White writes ‘that there was a chapel at Fordington, where Roman coins, a stone coffin and other antiquities have been found’. This is now visible only as cropmarks and earthworks by aerial photography. Another Deserted Medieval Village, Tatebi, is recorded to the south-west. Archaeological records also record within 1km of the site two probable Neolithic long barrows, a possible Bronze Age round barrow and a possible prehistoric or Roman enclosure to the west. The A1028 to the south is marked on the Ordinance Survey map as a Roman Road. There are plenty of further records and a search of the Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record should be made before any alterations to the site.
Evidence of a church on the site prior to 1826 is thin but the survival of the clustered bases of columns beyond the west door (Pevsner writes that these were dug up in the churchyard), of an inscribed stone ledger slab beneath the altar, and an 18th century slab beneath the pulpit, as well as the ancient font, were presumably relocated from an earlier building. The church was rebuilt in 1826 at the cost of £450 and was restored in 1885. A west porch with vestries was added in 1893.
The archaeological potential of the site is considerable. All Saints is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains mature trees.
Exterior Description
A small red brick church with lean-to west porch (in different brick), with gabled central section with central doors within moulded brick arch. Single, trefoil-headed windows either side of the doors, and single lancets to north and south elevations. A continuous dentilled cornice. The west elevation of the gabled nave rises behind it with brick pinnacles to each corner terminating in stone copings, and a central raised brick bell-cote with a pierced trefoil in its base and louvred belfry light.
The north and south elevations have two-light Y tracery windows set back within full-height arched brick recesses. The shallow pitched roof overhangs the walls with deep eaves. The chancel is much lower and has a stone cross finial fixed to the east gable. Single lights in the north, east and south elevations are also set back within brick recesses. A quatrefoil window pierces the apex of the east nave gable.
Building Fabric and Features
Nave
19th century 2-bay
Porch
19th century west
Chancel
19th century
Vestry
19th century
Bellcote
19th century west
Building Materials
Brick
19th century red
Limestone
19th century dressings and surrounds
Tile
19th century slate and plain roofs
Interior
Interior Description
There are three stone steps up to the west door which opens into a wood-vaulted lobby the width of the inner door. Rooms to either side enclose the vestry and a store, with wood-boarded floors. Another two steps up to the inner west doors and the nave. It is a simple space with plastered and painted walls. A tiled aisle (geometric pattern of red, black and yellow clay tiles) with carpet running up the centre, and to either side simple fixed pine benches on raised pew platforms (ventilated). Dado panelling along the sides of the pews. There are iron-grates in the floor to the west, and an inscribed black marble slab in the floor beneath the pulpit whose inscription is obscured but the date is 17??. The roof is formed of simple king-post pine trusses with enclosed ceiling above. Suspended light fittings. The south-west corner around the font is panelled and has raised lettering ‘1877 W G P Rector 1937’ – in memory of one of the Peacock family.
The chancel is raised by a step and there is a simple chancel arch through the east wall with two smaller arches to either side. An iron tie-bar spans the width of the central opening. The area beyond the arches is carpeted. Within the chancel a simple bench sits against the walls to north and south. There is a further step to the sanctuary where the floor is paved with decorative encaustic floor tiles and the altar is raised upon a medieval slab. The east wall is panelled in oak.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
19th century Marble slab supported on four marble shafts, positioned upon a medieval ledger stone - inscription much worn.
Reredos
20th century The east wall was panelled in oak in the 20th century.
Pulpit
18th century Octagonal, pine, open frame with four integrated steps up. Placed on an inscribed black marble ledger slab dated 17??
Lectern
20th century Simple oak, inscribed in memory of John Alfred Peacock.
Font (component)
15th century Carved, octagonal, stone font with lead-lined bowl. The stem is formed of traceried panels with buttresses to each angle, and angel heads above. On each facet around the drum are shields in quatrefoils. Flat oak cover.
Rail
19th century Communion rail: Simple carved oak with open tracery.
Stained Glass
20th century Mostly coloured not stained. East window depicts Christ Enthroned installed in memory of Wilkinson Afflect Peacock, d. 1912, signed Cox and Buckley London 1912.
Plaque (component)
19th century Bronze plaque with raised inscription, in memory of R W Riggall d. 1898 on north wall.
Inscribed Object
19th / 20th century • Black marble tablet on white stone ground with incised inscription to Captain George Mansel d.1844 at Meerut, by Hibbitt. North wall • Stone tablet in memory of Walter Gilbert Peacock, Patron and Rector d.1939, south wall
Organ (component)
19th century 12 stop harmonium by E P Carpenter Company; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Bells
Portable Furnishings and Artworks
Registers date from 1749.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 422 726
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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