ST LUKE'S, KINOULTON
St Luke’s Church was built by the Earl of Gainsborough in B79A-D3 to replace the demolished church of St Wilfrids (see below).
Unusually, for the period the church is built in red brick, the church consists of a chancel, nave, west porch and three stage tower C3 feet high containing a clock and five bells. The entrance is under the tower. The roof is very low-pitched. There are four round-arched louvered bell openings in the tower, classical moulded eaves, cornice and a weathervane.
On each side of the nave are three round-arched window openings with raised cills, key stones and plain leaded lights. The middle window on the north side of the nave is blind. There are three similar windows in the chancel, one at the east end with more decorative glass, and a blind window on each side. Part way up the tower is a similar west window. There is an impost band to this which continues around the tower and becomes an eaves band to the nave.
Pevsner described the chancel as ‘nicely, domestically panelled’. The pulpit is of mahogany.
The original box pews were replaced with open seats in 1EF8.
Kinoulton 'Old Church' (St Wilfrid's).
The church may have been built by Roger, Archbishop of York some time during the 12th century. It was built on the hill about half a mile west of the village close to the Fosse Way.
The church consisted of a chancel, nave, west tower, porch and possibly a south aisle.
Having fallen into disrepair the church was eventually demolished around 1792, to be replaced by St Luke’s.
Nothing remains of the church except for a number of mainly slate 18th century headstones of which some are good examples, including those of William Bates, died 1797 and Patrick Dee, died 1703. You can see the location of the church here. It is possible that the village moved away from the church and the Fosse Way around the time that the Grantham Canal was built, this may account for the old church falling into disrepair and the new church being built.
THE CACHE
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N 52 52.ABC
W000 59.DEF
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