The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Knights Templar Preceptory, former
Knights Templar Preceptory, former
Temple Bruer was founded on Lincoln Heath, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, 10 miles S of Lincoln. Of the centrally planned preceptory church here which belonged to the Knights Templar, only a single tower still stands. The tower belongs to the late-12thc, although the doorway in the N wall appears to be mid-13thc work. Buck's engraving of 1726 shows a circular nave and a straight 2-bay chancel with the tower that remains on the E side of it, presumably one of a symmetrical pair. This was restored in the ealy 20thc. Reset Romanesque sculptural fragments are found inside the 1st floor chamber.
Knights Templar Preceptory, former
Temple Hirst is a village in the Selby district of North Yorkshire. The preceptory of the Knights Templars at Temple Hirst was founded around 1152 and stayed in existence until 1308: the Templars were suppressed in 1311. It is most famous as the inspiration behind 'Templestowe' in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. The site had a complex later history; over the last century when not derelict it has been a farmhouse, public house, and now a nursing home. For more details of the site, see Lee (2011).
The site of Temple Farm as described in Pevsner, has since been been divided up. The old building (in 2013) is now a Care Home. It is largely built of old bricks, with stone footings on the S side. At the W end of this front is a stone buttress patched with brick, and at the E end is a polygonal tower of brick. The only Romanesque sculptural remains are to be found in a re-set doorway on the S side.