Description

TG 41 SW
6/7

FLEGGBURGH
BILLOCKBY
Church of All Saints

25.9.62

II

Parish church. Nave and west tower Perpendicular and ruinous. Chancel of C15 origins but substantially of 1872. Quaternary and Quarry Flint with Lincolnshire Limestone ashlar dressings and chalk elements. Chancel thatched. Large square three stage tower supported by diagonal buttresses. Here and there are jagged holes marking position of windows. Full set of lined putlog holes. Gabled south porch, the south face of knapped flints. Wave moulded entrance arch. Above is ogeed statuary niche below square hood. Thatched roof. Nave had large three-light Perpendicular windows of which fragments of tracery survive. To north the newel and parts of rood stairs still in situ. Chancel still in use. Two two-light Y traceried south windows and, between them, an arched priests' door. One two-light ogeed north window. Three-light intersecting east window.

Chancel interior. Scissor braced C19 roof. Octagonal C15 font with traceried stem panels and plain recessed bowl panels.

Listing NGR: TG4297113584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of All Saints, Billockby at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26302941

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