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SK 7699-7799 HAXEY CHURCH STREET
(south side)
22/103 Church of St Nicholas
1.3.67
GV I
Parish church. C12 sections to nave arcades with C13 arches and south
piers; C13 chancel arch, north chancel arcade, and chancel south wall; C14-
C15 tower, aisles, clerestory, porches, and north transeptal chapel. East
end of chancel and adjoining chapel rebuilt c1746. Restorations of 1825-7
included rebuilding north chapel and north aisle, moving south porch,
repairs to transept, south aisle and clerestory windows. Chancel rebuilt
1853-4. Tower arch re-opened 1865. Restorations of 1895-1903 by
H A Prothero included reflooring, reseating, repairs to nave arcades.
Unsympathetic repairs of c1986. Limestone ashlar facing throughout, apart
from some squared sandstone to south chancel wall, and limestone and
mudstone rubble to north chapel north wall. Cement rendering to north
chapel north wall. Lead roofs. West tower with 5-bay south aisle, 4-bay
north aisle with transeptal chapel (now vestry), north and south porches,
3-bay chancel with 3-bay north chapel and sacristy adjoining north side.
Moulded plinth to tower, aisles, north transept; chamfered plinth to
chancel, north chapel, sacristy and north porch. 4-stage tower: angle
buttresses with moulded offsets rising to diagonal buttresses to belfry;
moulded string courses between stages; stair lighting slits to south-west
angle. Low first stage: pointed wave-and-hollow moulded west door of
2 orders with hoodmould and worn headstops. Second stage: pointed 3-light
west window with moulded reveal, restored Perpendicular tracery, hoodmould.
Third stage: pointed chamfered slit light to south, clock face to east. Top
stage: pointed 3-light Perpendicular-traceried belfry windows with
crenellated transoms and incised spandrels, hoodmoulds, wooden louvres.
Moulded string course with gargoyles to centre of each side, coped embattled
parapet with 8 crocketed pinnacles. Aisles have diagonal buttresses and
buttresses between bays with offsets, Tudor-arched north and south 3-light
windows with trefoiled lights, restored tracery, hollow reveals and
hoodmoulds (some windows to north with poor cement repairs of c1986);
pointed 3-light west windows with partly restored Perpendicular tracery,
hollow reveals, hoodmoulds. Partly restored Tudor-arched 3-light
Perpendicular-traceried east window to south aisle. South porch: shallow
moulded plinth to front, pointed chamfered arch with hoodmould; tablet above
inscribed 1827, with tablets to each side bearing worn inscriptions of
churchwardens names (including Wm DARRAND), coped embattled parapet with
3 crocketed pinnacles to gable. Pair of wrought-iron gates of 1827 with
plain bars and dogbars with fleur-de-lys finials, and principals with urn
finials. Partly restored pointed wave-and-hollow moulded inner arch with
studded and panelled oak door, probably early C19. North porch: pointed
hollow-chamfered outer arch with hoodmould, pair of wrought-iron gates
similar to south porch, partly restored pointed double hollow-chamfered
inner arch with hoodmould. North transept: diagonal buttresses with
offsets, pointed 3-light Perpendicular-traceried north window similar to
aisle west windows, with restored mullions, hoodmould; pointed Tudor-arched
3-light west window similar to aisle windows; chamfered flattened ogee-
arched east door with incised spandrels. Aisles and transept have moulded
string courses and coped parapets. Clerestory: seven 4-centred-arch 3-light
windows to eabh side with cinquefoiled lights, incised spandrels and
restored mullions; moulded string course, coped embattled parapet. Chancel:
south side has C13 pointed 3-light window with intersecting tracery,
hoodmould and single headstop, restored sill with original sill string
course below; C19 pointed hollow chamfered door with hoodmould, wrought-iron
gate similar to porches; pointed 2-light traceried window with hoodmould and
poor C20 cement repairs. Chancel and north chapel east side, in two builds:
diagonal buttresses and mid-buttress with offsets, pointed 4-light
Perpendicular-traceried window to each side with hoodmould: tablet over
chapel window inscribed:
The Rev J Lamb
Vicar
W DARRAND
W PETTINGER
Churchwardens
MDCCCXXVI
North side of chapel has single C15 pointed 3-light Perpendicular-traceried
window with supertransom, hollow reveal and partly restored mullions.
Clerestory, chancel and north chapel have moulded string course, coped
embattled parapet. Sacristy has square-headed 2-light north window with
moulded curvilinear tracery, hoodmould, wrought-iron bars and hinged
casement; 4-centred-arch 2-light east window with foiled Y-tracery,
hoodmould; moulded string course with central gargoyle to north, coped
parapet, chimney adjoining chapel with crenellated octagonal shaft.
Interior. Nave has 4-bay north arcade and 5-bay south arcade of C13 pointed
double-chamfered arches, with the western bay on both sides separated by a
short wall. North arcade: east section has C12 cylindrical piers with
scalloped and foliate capitals, square abaci, moulded bases and tall
restored plinths; responds with chamfered jambs and inner order on octagonal
shafts with moulded capitals and bases; west bay has heavy octagonal
responds with moulded capitals and bases. South arcade: C13 east section
has central octagonal pier and cylindrical piers with octagonal-shaped
backs, with moulded capitals and bases on square pedestals (that to east
with carved corners); east respond with corbelled inner order (probably
capital to former shaft); west respond with keeled shaft to inner order and
C12 nook-shaft to north angle with scalloped capital; west bay has similar
keeled east respond with C12 nook-shaft, and C14 octagonal west respond
similar to north aisle. Tall pointed double-chamfered tower arch with
continuous chamfers, the inner one with crenellated capitals; large C19
carved wooden screen to tower; chamfered basket-arched doorway to tower
staircase. Pointed double-chamfered chancel arch with chamfered jambs and
corbelled inner order. Outlines of earlier nave roof clearly visible at
east and west ends. Pointed double-chamfered arch from north aisle to
transept with moulded corbel to south, and head corbel, perhaps restored, to
north. Transept has C15 pointed double-chamfered east arch to chapel with
continuous outer chamfer and inner order on octagonal responds with
crenellated capitals and moulded bases; partly blocked former door to rood
loft. Chancel has 3-bay north arcade of pointed double-chamfered arches on
octagonal piers with plain moulded capitals and bases, responds with
chamfered jambs and corbelled inner orders. North chapel has chamfered ogee
recess to north with C15 priest effigy. Good C15 10-bay nave roof with
moulded cranked tie beams, ridge-purlin and single side-purlins, carved
bosses with heads, flowers, shields etc. 6-bay roof to north chapel with
ovolo-moulded cranked tie beams and purlins. C19 chancel roof with
corbelled wall posts, carved and painted bosses. C15-C16 oak screen to
north transept with moulded posts and rails, containing re-set fielded
panels from former C18 box pews; fragment of carved rail from former chancel
screen is attached to north side. Monuments: small inscribed brasses in
nave central aisle to Rev Richard Herring of 1712 and wife Bridget of 1711;
mid C18 floorslab in north chapel to Juliana Hoole of 1715 with incised
scrolled border and round arch; wall tablets in nave: to Richard and Mary
Maw of 1816 with obelisk base, pedestal with arms and urn; to John Taylor of
1835, and Jane Taylor of 1845. Good C15 octagonal font with trefoiled
panels to bowl and shaft. C19 ashlar pulpit, C19 commandment tablets in
sanctuary in ornate Gothic-style ashlar surrounds. Natte's drawing shows
the south porch in the centre of the south aisle, from where it was
presumably moved in the C19. N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of
England: Lincolnshire, 1978, pp 271-2; W Read, History of the Isle of
Axholme, 1858, pp 278-81; Associated Architectural Societies Reports and
Papers, vol 27, pt 1, 1903, p xii; drawing by C Nattes, 1794, Banks
Collection, Lincoln City Library; photographs in NMR.
Listing NGR: SK7647599835
