Church Architecture

Convenor - Bob Alder
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The first visit of this group's predecessor (Church Visits Group) was on a bright, crisp morning in February of 2006. Twenty five well wrapped up members went on a tour around St Mary's Church at Stow and then moved on to the contrasting style of St Edith's Church at Coates, not far away.

During the years since the group started we have visited quite a few churches in Lincolnshire even venturing as far as Old Dalby near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.
Unfortunately, after a few years the groups convenor felt she had done it for long enough and as no one else wanted to take it on at the time the group went into hibernation. However, a couple of years ago, thanks to our present convenor Bob Alder, a retired church architect, it was resurrected. and meets monthly in the summer at churches around Lincolnshire

The object of looking at different Churches is to enable us to distinguish both the age and style of Architecture as well as the reasons for it being there. There are many early churches in Lincolnshire, some dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, very few are completely original. Most have been rebuilt on earlier footprints with the changes of style depending upon the era in which it was built, the money available and the materials to hand, a detective story with a happy ending. There are, of course many obvious visual clues as to its origins. By looking at each Church and making comparisons we can look at others and make our own judgments. We will go around each Church and contribute to a discussion about the style, payout and Architectural features of the building, and finally make a personal contribution to the upkeep of the Church before moving on.

Some pictures taken of the churches that we visited follow. There are lots more than you see here and we'll change them and add to them periodically.

To go straight to pictures of a particular church, click on icon next to the name in the list below:-

	St Mary's Stow and St Edith's, Coates;		St Margaret's, Waddingworth and St John the Divine, Southrey;
	All Saints', Bracebridge;		St Helen's, Brant Broughton and St Michael's, Stragglethorpe;
	Holy Trinity, Tattershall;		St Chad's, Welbourne and the remaining tower of the Preceptory of the Knights Templar at Temple Bruer;
	St Swithun's, Leadenham and All Saints', Wellingore;		Lincoln Cathedral Chancery and St Hugh's Chapel, Edward King House