St Cornelius, Linwood, Lincolnshire

I Location

Site Location: Linwood
National Grid Reference: TF 106 864
County: traditional: Lincolnshire
now: Lincolnshire
Diocese: medieval: Lincoln
now: Lincoln
Dedication: medieval: not confirmed
now (or name of monument): St Cornelius
Type of building/monument: Parish church

II General Description

Church consists of 15thc. W tower, a three bay nave, rebuilt in 1868, a 13thc. chancel rebuilt in 1854 and a S chapel off the chancel. The S doorway into the nave dates from c. 1200.

III Exterior Features

1. Doorways

(i) Nave, S doorway

: S porch, doorway.

Pointed arch, one order.

Chamfered jambs are continuous into the arch. Imposts are chamfered with quirk on upright. Label is pointed with a lower chamfer. Completely white-washed.

Dimensions

h. of opening	2.24 m
w. of opening	1.03 m

VII History

The Doomsday Survey records that Durand Malet held the third part of a church in Linwood in 1086.

VIII Comments/Opinions

With the white-wash covering it is difficult to discern if this dates c. 1200 or is part of the 19thc. renovations.

IX Bibliography

Domesday Survey: Lincolnshire. 44,10.
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire. London, 1990, 528.