St Margaret's Church, Bucknall
| St Margaret's Church, Bucknall | |
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| St Margaret's Church, Bucknall | |
_St_Margaret%27s_church_(30841362618).jpg) St Margaret's Church, Bucknall | |
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| 53°12′15″N 0°15′06″W / 53.204113°N 0.251766°W | |
| Location | Bucknall, Lincolnshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | woodhallspa |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Dedication | Saint Margaret the Virgin of Antioch |
| Dedicated | 13th Century |
| Events | 1884 (Church restored)[1] & 1912 (Tower restored) |
| Past bishop(s) | Rev. Charles Henry Gibbons |
| Associated people | 120 sittings |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | James Fowler (Late Victorian period)[2] |
| Architectural type | Norman |
| Style | Norman |
| Groundbreaking | £1,326 |
| Specifications | |
| Bells | 1 (1) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| Archdeaconry | Lincoln |
| Deanery | Horncastle |
| Parish | Bucknall with Tupholme |
St Margaret's Church, Bucknall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the village of Bucknall, Lincolnshire, England. It has been described as "partly 13th century with traces of Norman and the external features mainly Victorian."[3] The church was originally built in the 13th century and built by the Normans. The two arcades of four bays are 13th-century, and the font was installed in 1646.[4] The church saw extensive restorations between 1884 and 1912 to the main building and tower. The church remains an active place of worship: as of April 2024[update] there were two regular monthly services and occasional other services.[4] Bucknall is one of five Anglican parishes in the Woodhall Spa Group of Churches, in the Deanery of Horncastle. The group serves the rural villages of Central Lincolnshire: Woodhall Spa and Kirkstead, Stixwould and Woodhall, Horsington, Langton, and Bucknall.[5][6]
Part of the church's listing entry describes it as having:[7]
Western tower, nave, 2 aisles, south porch, chancel. The 2 stage tower is partly of C16 and was originally entirely of limestone. It has angled buttresses, plinth, string course, embattled and pinnacled parapet. The west door is C19, pointed and with hood mould. Above is a C16 2 light window apparently in situ with 4 centred arched heads to the lights and plain chamfered surround. To belfry stage are paired C19 cusped lights under pointed arches with hood moulds. The north aisle has 3 paired cusped C19 lights and a single plain window. At the east end of the aisle is a plain C19 lancet. At the east end of the chancel are triple lancets united under a moulded hood. The south side of the chancel has 2 paired lancet windows with a pointed priest's door between, all with moulded hoods and labels ...
— Buildings of England: Lincolnshire. 1989. p. 526
References
[edit]- ^ "Bucknall". www.slha.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "St Margaret's Church Bucknall". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Bucknall St Margaret". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. National Churches Trust. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b "St Margaret's Bucknall". The Woodhall Spa Group of Churches. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Our Group of Parishes". The Woodhall Spa Group of Churches. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Worship". Woodhall Spa Community Website. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1359927)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- Buildings of England: Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire; London: Pevsner. 1989. p. 526
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Monument record MLI40068 - St Margaret's Church and Cross Base, Bucknall at Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer