St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck

St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck
Church of St Nicholas, Fulbeck
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53°02′34″N 0°35′17″W / 53.042864°N 0.58816078°W / 53.042864; -0.58816078
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
History
Founded10th-century[1]
DedicationSaint Nicholas
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated20 September 1966
Architectural typeNorman, Perpendicular
Specifications
Materialslimestone, rubble
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
DeaneryDeanery of Loveden
ParishFulbeck
Clergy
Priest in chargeRev'd Ali Healy (2013)
Laity
Churchwarden(s)Mr P G Cottingham (2013)
Fane family plot
Baptismal font – 12th-century
Clerestory and tower from the south-east corner
Myddleton family arms on the pinnacle at the south-east of the nave
Chancel and nave from the east
Nave and chancel from the west
Tower arch showing roof line of the earlier Saxon nave
Memorial to Thomas Ball
Lychgate

St Nicholas' Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 9 miles (14 km) north from Grantham, and at the southern edge of the Lincoln Cliff in South Kesteven.

St Nicholas' is noted in particular for its association with and memorials to the Fane family of Fulbeck Hall, and its Norman-Transitional period font.

The church is within the Fulbeck conservation area.[2] It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Fulbeck, and is part of the Caythorpe Group of churches in the Deanery of Loveden and the Diocese of Lincoln. Other churches in the same group are St Vincent's at Caythorpe, and St Nicholas' at Carlton Scroop with Normanton.[3][4]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Church of Nicholas, The Green (1166164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Fulbeck", Lincolnshire Heritage at Risk. Retrieved 27 July 2013,
  3. ^ "Fulbeck P C C", Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 27 July 2013,
  4. ^ "Statement of Needs", Fulbeck. Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 27 July 2013,