Description

TF 46 NE CANDELSBY CHURCH STREET
(south side)

5/10 Church of
St. Benedict
3.2.67
II

Parish church. 1838, by E. D. Rainey of Spilsby. Yellow/orange
brick in Flemish bond, ashlar dressings, slate roof. Western
tower, nave, chancel, vestry. 2 stage tower with plinth, string
bands, plain parapet, angle pinnacles. Planked west door in
chamfered pointed ashlar surround with moulded hood. To the
belfry stage narrow pointed louvred lights. On the north side a
rectangular slit window. Side walls of the nave have plinth, and
3 single pointed lights with hood moulds. The chancel has a
blocked priest's door and in the east end a triple lancet. On
the south side of the tower an added vestry. Interior retains a
single chamfered tower doorway with above a blank pointed niche.
Chancel arch is moulded. and pointed in ashlar, dying to the
reveals. Polychromatic tiles throughout. Deal pews, octagonal
open pulpit, fluted Doric pillars and moulded cornice. Plain
octagonal font.

Listing NGR: TF4557467341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641900

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)