St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby

Church in Lincolnshire, England

53°13′50″N 0°04′29″E / 53.2306°N 0.0746°E / 53.2306; 0.0746OS grid referenceTF 386 724LocationSutterby, LincolnshireCountryEnglandDenominationAnglicanWebsitefriendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/church/st-john-the-baptists-sutterby-lincolnshire/

HistoryDedicationJohn the BaptistArchitectureFunctional statusRedundantHeritage designationGrade IIDesignated3 February 1967Architectural typeChurchGroundbreaking12th centuryCompleted14th centurySpecificationsMaterialsGreenstone with brick,
slate roofs

St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Sutterby, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,^[1] and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.^[2]

History

The church dates from the 12th century with additions in the 14th century.^[1] A south porch was added in 1743.^[2] It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in August 1972, and gifted as a monument in March 1981.^[3] It was taken into the care of the charity, the Friends of Friendless Churches, who has held the freehold from 3 July 1981.^[4] Major repairs were carried out in 2002, and more repairs are being undertaken in 2010.^[2]

Architecture

St John's is a simple building in one storey. It is constructed in greenstone with some brick patching, and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave with a south porch, and a narrower chancel. In the west wall is a blocked window. The north wall contains a blocked 12th-century round-arched doorway and a blocked rectangular window. In the east wall is a four-light window with trefoil heads, and there is a similar two-light window in the south wall of the chancel. The south wall of the nave is supported by a brick buttress, to the left of which is a two-light window dating from the 14th century. The porch is gabled and has a 14th-century ogee-arched doorway.^[1] Internally, the furniture includes a 14th-century font in Decorated style with carved tracery on its sides, an 18th-century pulpit which is in a collapsed condition, and what remains of a 19th-century screen.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Langton by Spilsby (1147550)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 December 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c Sutterby St John the Baptist, Friends of Friendless Churches, archived from the original on 1 July 2011, retrieved 18 July 2010
^ Sutterby, GENUKI, retrieved 18 July 2010
^ Churches and chapels owned by the Friends of Friendless Churches: Details for Visitors, London: Friends of Friendless Churches, June 2010
^ Saunders, Matthew (2010), Saving Churches, London: Frances Lincoln, pp. 100–101, ISBN 978-0-7112-3154-2