Diameter: 10.63" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1943
Dove Bell ID: 54435 Tower ID: 20351 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Goltho: St George
Diocese of Lincoln
CCT Church
Grade II* listed building
Historic England ID: 1308371
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Overview
Grid reference: TF 116 775
The vernacular tradition of the building style of the church makes it difficult to assign a date to it with any accuracy; estimates range from 1500 through 'Elizabethan' to as late as 1640 (Pevsner). It seems that an early sixteenth-century date is the most probable for the nave, although the brickwork has been likened to Tattershall Castle (1434) and Bardney Church chancel (shortly after 1434). Of the date of the chancel at Goltho there is less doubt from the forms of the windows it can fairly certainly be assigned to the early eighteenth-century.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Two cells, the nave with a west bell-cote.
Description of Archaeology and History
The vernacular tradition of the building style of the church makes it difficult to assign a date to it with any accuracy; estimates range from 1500 through 'Elizabethan' to as late as 1640 (Pevsner). It seems that an early sixteenth-century date is the most probable for the nave, although the brickwork has been likened to Tattershall Castle (1434) and Bardney Church chancel (shortly after 1434). Of the date of the chancel at Goltho there is less doubt from the forms of the windows it can fairly certainly be assigned to the early eighteenth-century.
Exterior Description
The west wall has a doorway with a crudely shaped four-centred arched head. Signs of a porch may be traced on the wall above and, slightly higher than this, placed off-centre towards the north, is a blocked niche with recessed spandrels as at the windows. A projecting course of bricks marks the triangle of the gable, and at the apex is a wide bell-cote (rebuilt in the nineteenth-century in glazed bricks) with a small central arch which formerly held the bell.
The south wall of the nave shows signs of a blocked doorway towards the west end, and has a contemporary window further east with a projecting dripstone and recessed spandrels like the niche over the west door. A slightly later window of similar design cuts across the blocked doorway, showing that the removal of the door to the west wall must have occurred at quite an early stage in the history of the present building. The north nave wall has a single window of the same design, and the tiled roof is low-pitched and becoming ragged at the eaves from slipped tiles. An odd feature is that the west gable wall rises above the roof and is itself tiled.
The chancel is not bonded in to the nave, and is apparentlyabout two centuries later. The single windows in the north and south walls are larger than those in the nave, and have heads which are just pointed rathe than rounded. The east wall formerly had an oval window set horizontally, above which the projecting course of bricks runs like an enlarged drip stone. A slanting nineteenth-century buttress (no doubt of the same date as the now bell-cote) reaches well above the window.
Interior
Interior Description
The nave is a rectangular room with plastered walls and the remains of a west gallery. The west door is of considerable age and may be contemporary with the church. Amongst the wooden boards of the floor are some ledger slabs, including a mediaeval coffin-lid dated 1507; there is also a matrix for a brass of a knight (the brass is said to be at St. Benedict's, Lincoln). Towards the east end is a large niche in the south wall, and a smaller niche with rebates for a shelf on the north wall. Some parts of panelling from the two box pews still adhere to the walls. The roof is constructed in simple fashion with one crudely moulded cross-beam about the middle and another against the east gable wall, but not one at the west end.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 116 775
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
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Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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