Description

TF 39 SW LITTLE GRIMSBY MAIN STREET
(in grounds of
Little Grimsby
Hall)

7/29 Church of
St. Edith
9.9.67
G.V. II

Parish church. C15, restored 1777, 1855 and 1891. Rendered and
whitewashed stone with ironstone and ashlar dressings, lead
roofs. Nave with bellcote and chancel. The west end has a
continuous moulded 4 centred arched doorway with trefoil
spandrels and moulded square hood with human head labels. Over
the arch an inscription "repaired 1891". Above is a quatrefoil
containing the initials ED IIH and the date 1500 with P above.
C19 gabled bellcote with cross. North side is blank. Chancel
east wall has a C19 window with wooden intersecting tracery and
moulded hood. Chancel south wall has 2 C15 2 light windows with
cusped heads and square moulded hoods. The south wall of the
nave has one C19 2 light window and a C15 2 light window, with
cusped heads and moulded pointed hood. Interior. The chancel
arch is basket shaped. The nave has a queen post roof and the
chancel king post roof is dated 1777. In the chancel is a C18
font reset as a piscina. Fittings. All fittings C19, with 4
commandment boards, 2 hatchments and to either side of the altar
are 2 oak figures of angels playing instruments. On the north
side of the chancel a scrolled bracket supports a marble bust of
Lady F. Beauclerk d.1877.

Listing NGR: TF3264791316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316456

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