Description

SOMERSBY CHURCH LANE
TF 37 SW Somersby
(north side)

2/69 Church of
14.9.66 St. Margaret

G.V. II*

Parish church. C15, restored 1865. Dressed greenstone, some
brick patching. Slate roofs. Decorative ridge. Coped gables
with single ridge crosses to the east nave, east chancel and
porch. Buttressed nave set on a plinth with heavy chamfered band
over, tower on a low plinth with moulded band over and chancel on
a low plinth. Tower, nave, south porch and chancel. Diagonal
buttressed single stage restored C15 tower with brick parapet and
single corner finials. The west side with single arched 2 light
window with cusped panel tracery, hood mould and label stops, 6
tie plates. The north side has 4 tie plates and the south side 2
tie plates. South and north sides with single arched bell 1
chamber openings. The north nave has a moulded arched blocked
doorway with hood mould and label stops. To the left is a single
restored C15 3 light window with cusped lights, hood mould and
label stops. The north chancel has a single C19 triangular
arched 2 light window with cusped tracery, hood mould and label
stops. The east end has a single similar larger 3 light window
with hood mould and label stops. The south nave has a single
arched C15 3 light window with cusped tracery, hood mould and
label stops. The gabled porch on a chamfered plinth with moulded
arched entrance and sundial over dated 1751. Inner moulded
arched doorway with hood mould and label stops, the the right is
a stoup. To the left is a single C15 arched and cusped light
under a flat arch. Interior. Double chamfered tower arch,
chamfering to arch only. Off-centre double chamfered chancel
arch, the inner order supported on octagonal responds with
moulded capitals. Plain octagonal ashlar font. South chancel
with brass to George Littlebury, 1612, of a kneeling male figure
with shield. Good memorial to Kath and Robert Burton, 1742. The
oval inscription tablet with surround of bayleaf is topped with a
carved bird. The crown with open pediment surmounted by urn and
lamps, decorative apron. Carved and coloured Royal Arms of
George III. Alfred Lord Tennyson's father was Rector of Somersby
and the adjoining village of Bag Enderby from 1808-31.

Listing NGR: TF3436472659

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548490

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)