Grimsby Minster, Formerly The Church Of St James
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
A Medieval parish church granted, Minster status in 2010, with origins dating to the C13, with C14, C18, C19, C20 and C21 additions and alterations, including by ecclesiastical architects Charles Ainslie, R J Withers, G F Bodley, T G Jackson and Sir Charles Nicholson.
Architectural Features
The Resurrection Chapel to the south incorporates a C13 moulded plinth and lower wall with pilaster buttresses on its east side.
The south side has a projecting central section with a pointed C13 doorway of four orders with restored shafts on the original bases, and a partly-restored arch with keeled mouldings and a dogtooth-moulded hood.
The south porch has a restored C13 doorway of three orders with triple shafts, moulded capitals and a moulded arch with fillet, keeled and dogtooth mouldings.
The vaulted ceiling above the nave features carved king post trusses while the aisles and transepts feature arched braces on corbels.
The former baptistry, now used as kitchen and servery, features C17 wood panelling brought from Stapleton House, Doncaster.
On the north-east pier is an inscription dated to 1365.
Set within the north-east arch is a C15 knight effigy of Sir Thomas Haslerton, brought from St Leonards Nunnery, Grimsby after the Dissolution.
Inserted moulded and shafted arches lead to the 1905 Lady Chapel which features windows with moulded reveals and hoodmoulds containing stained glass by L Evetts.
The south Memorial Chapel is in the form of an arcaded passage with 4-centred arches on tall, shafted piers and a panelled and ornately plastered ceiling.
The memorial chapel features panelling is by Sir Charles A Nicholson with a Roll of Honour inscribed on gunmetal.