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The Grade II* Listed Holy Trinity Church, in Swallow a village in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
The oldest part of the church dates from the period of the Norman conquest or perhaps slightly earlier. The lower portion of the tower is in Saxo-Norman style; the west door has a rounded Romanesque arch, as has the window above it. The much wider arch dividing the tower from the nave has typically Norman dog-tooth carving, but this may be partly or wholly Victorian restoration.
A carving on the south wall of the tower may be part of the original 14th-century rood, thought to be broken during the Reformation. William Andrew, the rector from 1564 to 1612, supported the reformation and may have been responsible both for this and for the change of dedication from St Salvatoris to Holy Trinity. The remains of the rood were unearthed in the churchyard and placed in the tower early in the 20th century.
In 1553 the church was reported to have three "gert bells" and one sanctus bell. However, the steeple collapsed sometime before 1663, and falling bells destroyed the south aisle. In 1670 both aisles were demolished and the following year the three bells were sold to cover the £140 cost of demolition and restoration, an incident referred to in the local rhyme:
“You must pity poor Swallow people
Who sold the bells to mend the steeple”
Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, who paid the cost initially, reportedly bought one bell and undertook to buy another. The bell was cast by Thomas Warner and Sons of London in 1864. The steeple was again restored in 1868, when the upper part of the tower was built in neo-Norman style.
The nave was originally built in the 13th century, but much of the current construction is Victorian. The carving around the south door dates from the 1880s. The font is genuinely Norman, dating from the late 11th or early 12th century.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow,_Lincolnshire
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101165346-church-of-holy-tri...
39957
The Grade II* Listed Holy Trinity Church, in Swallow a village in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
The oldest part of the church dates from the period of the Norman conquest or perhaps slightly earlier. The lower portion of the tower is in Saxo-Norman style; the west door has a rounded Romanesque arch, as has the window above it. The much wider arch dividing the tower from the nave has typically Norman dog-tooth carving, but this may be partly or wholly Victorian restoration.
A carving on the south wall of the tower may be part of the original 14th-century rood, thought to be broken during the Reformation. William Andrew, the rector from 1564 to 1612, supported the reformation and may have been responsible both for this and for the change of dedication from St Salvatoris to Holy Trinity. The remains of the rood were unearthed in the churchyard and placed in the tower early in the 20th century.
In 1553 the church was reported to have three "gert bells" and one sanctus bell. However, the steeple collapsed sometime before 1663, and falling bells destroyed the south aisle. In 1670 both aisles were demolished and the following year the three bells were sold to cover the £140 cost of demolition and restoration, an incident referred to in the local rhyme:
“You must pity poor Swallow people
Who sold the bells to mend the steeple”
Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, who paid the cost initially, reportedly bought one bell and undertook to buy another. The bell was cast by Thomas Warner and Sons of London in 1864. The steeple was again restored in 1868, when the upper part of the tower was built in neo-Norman style.
The nave was originally built in the 13th century, but much of the current construction is Victorian. The carving around the south door dates from the 1880s. The font is genuinely Norman, dating from the late 11th or early 12th century.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow,_Lincolnshire
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101165346-church-of-holy-tri...