St Barbara's Church, Haceby

52.9122 - 0.4694Koordinaten: 52 ° 54 ' 44 "N, 0 ° 28' 10" W

St Barbara 's Church in Haceby is a redundant Anglican church in the village Haceby in Lincolnshire, England. It was taken by English Heritage as a Grade I building in the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest and is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. The church building is located approximately 13 km east of Grantham, about a mile south of the A52. The church has a double patronage - it is dedicated to Saint Barbara and Saint Margaret.

History

The church dates from the 12th century, but additions and changes have been made in each of the following four centuries. 1890, the building was partially restored, another repair was carried out in 1924. The village Haceby is mentioned in the Domesday Book and true once a bustling town, but it has now shrunk and consists only of a few cottages, a farm and the church. The church was therefore declared in October 1973 as redundant. In it, there will be a Thanksgiving Service now only once a year.

Architecture

The church is built of limestone and has a stone roof, The floor plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, the south aisle, the Zugangsverande on the south side of the chancel and the lying on the western end of the church tower. The tower has three floors and a simple balustrade. The two lower floors date from the 12th century and are made ​​of roughly hewn stones; the upper floor was built in the 14 th century building stones. On the lower floor on the west side and the middle floor on the south side have the window arches. The upper floor contains two stores provided with openings for the bell, which are executed on both sides with ogee arches and quatrefoil. The north wall of the nave is plastered and a previous access has been bricked up. In the north wall of the chancel there is a lancet windows from the 13th century. The east facing window dates from the 16th century and has over three openings. In the south wall are two windows with a Y-shaped mullions and a lancet. The south aisle has a three-blade window in the Perpendicular style in the walls to the east and south. Dating back to the 14th century entrance porch has a gable roof and includes benches on both sides. In the clerestory two three-bladed windows facing south are integrated, and a single similar window to the north.

The portico on the southern side aisle consists of two yokes, which are supported by octagonal pillars. It dates from the 13th century. The chancel was built in the 11th century in the Norman style, and has inside a round arch. Above the arch the Royal Coat of Arms of Queen Anne is painted under which there are traces of a medieval wall painting with the Last Judgment or the Descent into Hell. The chancel contains in the walls to the north and south sacrament niches. The octagonal font dates from the 14th century. The pulpit is made of oak and was created as the paneling in the nave and chancel in the 18th century.