St Botolph’s Church, Quarrington
St Botolph’s Church is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Quarrington, part of the civil parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It has a tower and spire with a nave and north aisle ending at a chancel at the east end. The church has been listed at grade II* on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the United Kingdom since 1949. As of 2009 the church had an average congregation of 50.
About St Botolph’s Church, Quarrington in brief
St Botolph’s Church is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Quarrington, part of the civil parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It has a tower and spire with a nave and north aisle ending at a chancel at the east end. The oldest parts of the building date to the 13th century, although substantial rebuilding took place over the following century. The church has been listed at grade II* on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the United Kingdom since 1949. As of 2009, the average congregation size for the main Sunday service was 50, about half of whom were retired and 1 to 3 were under 16. The rectory was constructed in about 2000 and has a study area used as the parish office. It serves as a robing space for choristers and can be used as a meeting room for up to 30 people. In 2004, a log cabin-style building was constructed by Pinelog Ltd using funds from the Parochial Church Council to serve as a Sunday school. The benefice is a rectory and falls within the deanery of Lafford and the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln; the priest-in-charge is the Reverend Mark Stephen Thomson, who took over from the Reverend Sandra Rhys Benham in 2016.
The nave has been heavily restored and contains elements from a range of periods. The north aisle is the eastern end of the nave, which has a polygonal apse and was constructed between the 12th and 14th centuries. The tower and its spire have been dated to the mid-14th century and its pinnacles were replaced in 1887. The high interior’s three bays of arcading correspond to the three windows in the naved’s south wall and the north aisle wall; those on the south wall are unusual for the hexagons and trefoils in the reticulated designs. The west tower adjoining a naved has a north aisle with a chapel on the north side, and the chancel is a chapel with a triple-chamferred arch on the east side. The chancel has 20 spaces in the choir stalls and can comfortably seat 124 adults and 149 at a pinch; as of 2009 the church had an average congregation of 50. It is the parish church of the benefice of Qurrington with Oldsleaford, which encompasses most of the village and the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire.
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