Description

LINCOLN

SK9771NE EXCHEQUERGATE
1941-1/9/115 (North side)
08/10/53 Church of St Mary Magdalene

GV II

Church. Late C13, rebuilt 1695 and remodelled 1882 by G F
Bodley. Dressed stone with ashlar dressings and plain tile
roof. Decorated style.
PLAN: north-west tower, nave and chancel under continuous
roof, north aisle, vestry.
EXTERIOR: square tower, 3 stages, has a renewed crenellated
parapet with remains of gargoyles. To west, a doorway with
hoodmould and single shafts. Above it, a 3-light window with
hoodmould. Above again, a 2-light flat headed opening with
ogee headed lights.
Nave and chancel, 7 bays, has chamfered plinth, coped parapet
and gables with crosses. West end has a C17 elliptical arched
doorway with cornice and panelled double doors. Above, a
2-light window with shields in the blocked lower lights, and
on either side, a niche, all with linked hoodmoulds. South
side has, to left, 2 blocked flat headed windows c1695, and to
right, five C19 2-light windows with flowing tracery and
hoodmoulds. East end has a stepped sill band and a 5-light
ogee headed window. Vestry has four C13 style single lancets.
INTERIOR: nave has a 5 bay arcade with fillet moulded
quatrefoil piers, double chamfered arches and hoodmoulds.
Moulded sill band with fleurons. Pointed barrel vaulted wooden
roof with stencilled decoration. North aisle has a panelled
dado, sill band, 2 stained glass windows and stencilled
panelled ceiling. Panelled organ case by Bodley at east end.
Chancel has a Perpendicular style oak screen by Bodley,
stencilled panelled dado with frieze, sill band to south and
east. North side has organ pipes on a carved wooden corbel.
East end has a carved wooden gradine and a stained glass
window, C19, with moulded surround. South side has 2 stained
glass windows, 1911. Roof similar to nave, with more elaborate
decoration.
FITTINGS include C19 traceried panelled octagonal oak pulpit
and font with mask corbels, brass lectern, and chairs. C20
panelled stalls and bookstands.
MEMORIALS include four C19 marble and slate tablets and four
C20 brasses. Round headed marble and slate war memorial
tablet, 1921.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 498).

Listing NGR: SK9765971824

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St. Mary Magdalene, Bailgate, Lincoln at Wikipedia
• St. Mary Magdalene, Bailgate, Lincoln official website
• Wikidata Q7590501

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6