A Visit to the beautiful Skidbrooke Church

[deklufc]

An isolated church standing in the flat Lincolnshire marshes, St Botolph's is early medieval, with renovations covering the Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic periods.
This spacious building is composed of a nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel, and an embattled west tower. The interior of the church is almost completely bare and unadorned, with unplastered walls letting the bones of the building show.

The nave arcades are Early English, with wide, slender arches and nicely carved column capitals. The south arcade, built circa 1400, has its columns built up on bases several feet high. The tower arch is much narrower, in Perpendicular style.

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Thanks for looking

 

[Brewtal]

Wow! Great pics! Nicely done!

 

[smiler]

I loved it, fantastic images, Thanks

 

[deklufc]

I took over 150 photos but didnt want to overload the thread Thanks for the replies guys

 

[tazong]

Beautiful pictures - some color ones would have gone down well to - thanks for sharing

 

[J_a_t_33]

Magical shots, loved the report

 

[deklufc]

I love the atmosphere of black and white but I will upload some more in colour . Thanks for your reply

 

[rockfordstone]

wonderful shots, i think the black and white gives it some good atmosphere

 

[night crawler]

O dear that is sad, even the Conservation trust have not taken it on. How long before the rood starts to go I wonder. Very nice atmospheric photos

 

[deklufc]

A few colour ones as requested


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[deklufc]

O dear that is sad, even the Conservation trust have not taken it on. How long before the rood starts to go I wonder. Very nice atmospheric photos

Complete list of churches

Not much mentioned about the church on here night crawler

 

[deklufc]

Beautiful pictures - some color ones would have gone down well to - thanks for sharing

Now uploaded Tazong

 

[flyboys90]

Cracking selection of images and the floor tiles are quite something.

 

[night crawler]

Complete list of churches

Not much mentioned about the church on here night crawler

I stand corrected, Been round few myself and most of them are still used a couple of times a year. Colour photos look superb

 

[HughieD]

What a little gem and beautifully photographed too...

 

[deklufc]

Cracking selection of images and the floor tiles are quite something.

My wife wanted to take them home and thankyou for the feedback

 

[deklufc]

What a little gem and beautifully photographed too...

Thank you HughieD

 

[deklufc]

I stand corrected, Been round few myself and most of them are still used a couple of times a year. Colour photos look superb

There is actually a fresh burial there that kind of spooked me. No headstone or anything as you would suspect but the grave is open and all the mud thrown on top waiting it for it to settle . Mud sunk about a foot so makes it a bit spooky

 

[Caz21368]

The church yard is still actively used as local families bought plots there.

I have known a couple of funerals take place there *or rather burials, they dont use the church!
I used to work at Skidbrooke Cider - if you ever get chance to pop in there Guy is the owner and knows a fair bit about the local area - great character too!

 

[deklufc]

Thanks Caz may just do that on our next visit