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St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew

Welby

Lincolnshire

C13, C14, C15, C16, restored 1873 by J. H. Hakewill

Architectural Features

The C13 unbuttressed tower is in limestone rubble with quoins

The south side has a C13 small lancet set high up in the 1st stage, the west window is a taller lancet with hood mould.

All faces have C14 2 light belfry openings in 2nd stage.

The west aisle window is a C15 2 light under a triangular head with hood mould.

It has a plain plinth and parapet with saddleback coping behind which is a felted roof drained by 3 gargoyles.

The north doorway, now blocked, is a plain 4 centre arch, it is flanked by to the west a 3 light C15 shallow triangular headed window with reticulated tracery and to the east by 2 similar windows all with hood mould.

There are 4 pinnacle bases and 4 gargoyles, 2 defaced.

There are six 3 cusped light C16 windows with 4 centre heads under continuous hood moulds.

The vestry, with slate roof, built in 1873, has in its west end a reset C15 window with reticulated tracery.

On the south side are 3 single lancets a machine moulded corbel table and several reused C12 sculptured stones.

the nave is in ashlar and forms a C16 almost symmetrically balanced composition in 3 main bays, the central one housing the porch.

At the west end is a full height stepped buttress with gargoyle.

At the ridge is a niche supported on a pair of shield bearing angels.

The south doorway Has a 4 centre arch head and 5 panelled traceried C16 door.

The north arcade is 4 bays with C15 octagonal piers and cyma moulded and chamfered arches.

The west respond is C13 and circular.

The tower arch is a small C13 opening.

In the west wall can be seen the earlier steep pitch of the nave roof and at high level above the pitch line are 2 reset stones, one a piece of Anglo Saxon interlace.

The roof is C17, built off large corbels of human heads and shields.

The chancel arch end chancel are all 1673.

Fittings: The rood screen is early C16 and of 6 panels with 2 over the door.

There is a curved gilded canopy, topped by 4 angels.

The bench ends to the nave are C15 poppyhead type.

The pulpit and brass eagle lectern are C19 and the Gothic oak reredos dates from 1887.

The C17 font is octagonal and decorated with shields and oak leaves.

The south aisle windows have fragments of C15 glass.

Monuments

In the porch is a C14 stone figure of a woman in a coffin with a quatrefoil head.

At her feet is a small swathed figure of a baby.