| All Saints Church, Wragby | |
|---|---|
| Church of All Saints, Wragby | |
All Saints Church, Wragby | |
| 53°17′11″N 0°17′57″W / 53.286460°N 0.299044°W | |
| Location | Wragby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Parish Church |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Dedicated | 1838 |
| Consecrated | 1838 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Completed | 1838 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 330 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| Parish | Wragby |
All Saints Church is the parish church of the town of Wragby in Lincolnshire, England. It is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade II listed building. It is located on Church Street and to the east of the town centre. The tower is a prominent landmark in the town.
History
The present church was built in 1838 as a replacement of an older medieval church. It is constructed of yellow pale brick and limestone, with ashlar dressings. Nicholas Antram, in his Lincolnshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, records the architect as W. A. Nicholson, and describes the style as of the Commissioners' church type. The older church was deemed redundant and was demolished in the 1980s to allow for an expansion of the nearby cemetery. The site is designated as a scheduled monument. All Saints is a Grade II listed building and contains some important stained glass.
Present day
The church serves as a local landmark and a place of worship and community gatherings. In 2015 the Rector applied for permission to reduce the height of nine yew trees in the churchyard which date back nearly 200 years. Supported by the Diocese of Lincoln and some local residents and parishioners, he argued that the size of the trees obscured views of the church, and particularly of the clock in the church tower. East Lindsey District Council denied permission for the pruning of the trees, saying that "the proposed works would be excessive and unjustified", and instead imposed a tree preservation order on them.
Gallery
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The church and the yew trees
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Interior
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East window
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The site of the old medieval church and graveyard. The church survived until 1980 before it was demolished after expansion of the churchyard
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References
- ^ Bonnette 2023, pp. ??.
- ^ "All Saints, Wragby, Lincolnshire". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Pevsner, Harris & Antram 2002, p. 814.
- ^ Historic England. "Moated manorial complex and church site 230m south east of All Saints' Church, Wragby (Grade SM) (1016967)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Wragby (Grade II) (1147509)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Wragby All Saints". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Wilkinson, Joe (2015-12-18). "Wragby rector loses battle to prune historic yew trees". Pro Arb Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Reprieve for yews that blocked view of church clock". www.hortweek.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
Sources
- Bonnette, Denise (2023). Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945–2000: Closing the Church Door. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-17597-8.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8.