This gargoyle, with modern spout, is midway along the east wall of the porch.

August 2013

Carved stone animal (pugnacious frog?) - a feature in the decoration around the south doorway.

April 2018

The parapet above the south aisle has a simple frieze with interlocking muchettes forming the decoration.

April 2018

Large angle gargoyles.

DB 7 March 2020

Two of the gargoyles above the clerestory.

Church guide notes read "There are gargoyles in the battlemented clerestory with tiny heads on its pinnacles and more heads by the windows.

There is a lady in a wimple; an ape pointing its teeth; a frog with bulging eyes and a dog-like face which according to Arthur Mee, Walt Disney used for a sketch he made when visiting Bassingham as a likeness for the famous Walt Disney Pluto character" 

DB 20 April 2018

The elaborate niche over the south porch may have held a pieta.

September 2014

Detail of the arch above the Norman north doorway. The decoration includes faces, animals and leaves.

July 2018

Gargoyle on tower corner just beneath the battlements.

DB 8 October 2018

"corner pinnacles topped with wind vanes incorporating the Brownlow crest"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1298472 

Two of the wind vanes have this design (heraldic symbol of a fountain taken from the Brownlow coat of arms) and two with the Belton Greyhound.

DB 26 September 2018

Detail of the Norman west doorway, with zig-zag decoration, clearly restored by Fowler.

July 2012

Close up of some of the many grotesque images on Nicholson's church.

July 2012

The heavily crocketed pinnacles and prominent parapets of the tower.

July 2012

Chaplin family crest, a Griffin's head, on the west face of the tower.

"West tower rebuilt 1805-7, restored c1820 and restored 1879-81 by Carpenter and Ingelow"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064285 

DB 2020

The coat of arms of General Manners over the porch made in Coade stone by Coade & Seely. The motto translates as 'Strive to Attain'.

Mark Acton, 2017

In a niche over the door to the porch is a stone carved figure of St Thomas kneeling to the risen Christ. It was sculpted in 1956 by Philip Pape*.

August 2018

Philip Pape lived and worked in Tyrwhitt Hall, Barton uopn Humber, from 1960 to 1982.

The doorway in the west wall of the tower has a hood mould ending with this carved leafy decoration.

May 2018

"There is one bay of sexpartite vaulting, probably plaster, in the chancel"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1204035 

DB 15 December 2019 

Gargoyle projecting from beneath the tower battlements.

The parish website states :-

"The Western tower, restored in 1912, is embattled with four pinnacles and houses a mediaeval bell. There are two original gargoyles and two of later origin"

http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/woodhallspa/bucknall/page1/ 

DB 19 May 2018

The eaves of the tower are decorated by a prominent brickwork frieze in the Lombard (Italian) style.

Small recessed crosses formed from three bricks, originally blackened, are positioned between the arches of the frieze.

This remarkable construction is supported by corbelled brickwork from the north-west corner of the tower.

At one time there was a stove in the church close to this position, but it is by no means certain that this brick structure ever served as a chimney.

The opinion of an experienced modern student of Teulon’s work is that this was merely a decorative feature created by an eccentric architect.

In the recent past the original ‘pepper pot’ cowl has been replaced by a concrete slab. The vertical openings close to the top of the structure were probably infilled many years ago.

Label stop or grotesque.

March 2017

This grotesque placed as a label stop to the left of the west doorway is probably the only surviving external fragment of the medieval church which occupied this site.

September 2015

Example carving from the external corbel table below the eaves of the roof.

"A finely carved corbel table"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164829?section=official-list-entry 

DB 26 July 2022

Example carving from the external corbel table below the eaves of the roof.

"A finely carved corbel table"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164829?section=official-list-entry 

DB 26 July 2022

Example carving from the external corbel table below the eaves of the roof.

"A finely carved corbel table"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164829?section=official-list-entry 

DB 26 July 2022

Grotesque at the corner of the tower parapet.

DB 26 July 2022

Gargoyle in the form of a grinning gryphon.

April 2016

Badly eroded grotesque carving of a head at the end of a hood mould.

May 2016

One of a pair of label stops by the west door.

September 2017

One of a pair of label stops by the west door.

September 2017

Above the east window "are 2 lengths of a frieze or tympanum of the Last Judgement, the left piece shows figures climbing out of their graves, and the right the mouth of hell"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1254085 

DB 8 June 2020

The slender angle buttresses on the tower have crocketed gablets and these decorative pieces at the level of the second stage.

October 2017

Label stop over window in south wall of nave.

July 2012

The Early English style west doorway of 1853 has four orders, and dog tooth decoration round the arches.

July 2014

Gargoyle above the south wall of the nave.

May 2018

The two west tower buttresses each contain part of a frieze of the Last Judgement.

The left panel is largely obliterated. This is the right panel showing an angel and five of the 'doomed'.

April 2018

A crudely carved - and heavily weathered - grotesque by the north porch entrance.

August 2015

A crudely carved - and heavily weathered - grotesque by the north porch entrance.

August 2015

Decorative detail, on the tower, a little above the porch

DB 26 April 2021

"Large projecting stack to west with 3 ashlar monuments, the inscription of one, illegible, the others to John Lacey, died 1682 and Mary Lacey, died 1707"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062733

DB 23 June 2020

Decoration of vine leaves and grapes in the surround to the south doorway.

August 2018

Ball flower decoration - actually ivy - as a headstop.

August 2018

"A fragment of ex situ Anglo-Saxon sculpture is preserved in the middle stage of the north wall of the tower,immediately above and slightly to the left of the central C15 buttress.

The fragement bears interlace ornament on the rightand a panel with a cable moulded border to the left.It is panel rather than from a cross shaft"

DB 22 November 2020 

Original cast-iron water head or hopper on the south side of the church.

August 2015

Above the Perpendicular south porch entrance is a niche with a weathered pieta.

The 14th century arms of the Tournays who lived at nearby Caenby are seen inside. 

May 2008

These small sections of Norman chevron decoration - perhaps from an earlier building on this site - have been built into the east wall of the chancel.

Historic England consider that these sections and other blocks of masonry are possibly reddened by fire.

Jean Howard, February 2024  

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "On the west tace of the tower are the Royal arms and supporters surmounted by a crown"

DB 19 September 2020

Grotesque with spectacles.

"Decorated battlemented parapet with further frieze, 8 crocketed pinnacles, and 2 large grotesque chutes to each face"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062347 

DB 19 September 2020

"On the south side the inscription "Thynk and thyanke God of all" under the arms of Anthony Ellis with hood mould"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062347 

DB 19 September 2020

"Decorated battlemented parapet with further frieze, 8 crocketed pinnacles, and 2 large grotesque chutes to each face.

Golden violin weather vane"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062347 

DB 19 September 2020

A gargoyle above the south aisle at St Edith's, Grimoldby.

September 2012

A grotesque in limestone above the porch at St Edith's.

September 2012

Jean Howard, 21 March 2021

A bearded face above the western corner of the south aisle. He wears a short decorative cape.

Jean Howard, 21 March 2021

A benign lady and an angel stare out from the north eastern corners of the north aisle and nave.

Jean Howard, 21 March 2021

Detail of the "funny little heads" on the eaves corbels (Pevsner), on the north side of the nave.

Sept 2012

Decorative detail near the north door.

Sept 2012

"In the west gable are two re-set medieval stones carved with heads"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Benedict%27s_Church,_Haltham-on-Bain 

DB 21 January 2019

Details of the double rows of quatrefoils above the porch.

May 2016

The label stop to the hood mould over the nave window, a decorative feature dating from the nineteenth-century restoration of the church.

June 2020

The two small grotesques are above the niche in a buttress on the south face of the chancel.

June 2015

A boat going grotesque on the south side of the chancel.

Supposed to be 198 gargoyles in total!

DB 25 June 2022

A particularly rude grotesque at the east end of the chancel.

DB 25 June 2022

A woman being attacked?

DB 25 June 2022

A flute player on the south side of the chancel.

DB 20 June 2022

Detail of the decorated parapet above the porch, with the (replaced) figure of Christ in the centre.

June 2015

Local signage states :-

"The niche on the tower south west buttress houses a 14th century statue of St John, identified by his eagle symbol.

It is the sole survivor of the 38 statues that once decked St Andrew's buttresses; the remainder are said to have been broken up to repair the churchyard wall".

DB 20 June 2022

Carved stone ball flower decoration as the stop of drip mould over nave window.

July 2018

Grotesque on external wall of 13th century south aisle.

May 2010

Grotesque on external wall of south aisle.

May 2010

There are several well carved gargoyles above the clerestory and aisles.

March 2016

There are several well carved gargoyles above the clerestory and aisles.

March 2016

There are several well carved gargoyles above the clerestory and aisles.

March 2016

A very expressive gargoyle on the face of the south porch, no longer serving its original purpose.

April 2018

Grotesque faces decorate the cap of a buttress on the south aisle.

April 2018

Label stop at the end of the hood mould over the south doorway.

April 2018

The fourteenth century carved angel on the left of the porch entrance.

June 2017

A well weathered label stop to a hood mould in the form of a head.

April 2018

Extrerior statue Margaret of France (1279 - 1318) second wife of Edward I (1239 -1307). Partly hidden by the Russell Chantry which was a later addition.

The head is an 1848 replacement. 

DB 7 August 2020

Exterior statues of Edward I (1239 - 1307) and his first wife Queen Eleanor of Castile (1241 - 1290) located on a buttress at the southeast corner of the Cathedral.

The heads are 1848 replacements.

DB 7 August 2020

A modern bat sculpture, set into a window opening, on the outside of the north transept - third window opening above ground level northwest corner.

Visible from the newly opened Dean's Green. 

DB 24 September 2020

Closer view of Saint Peter's crossed keys on west face of the church.

DB 24 December 2019

Carved stone in the form of a frog (?) above the north doorway.

March 2017

Detail of the tympanum above the priest's doorway on the south side of the chancel.

The carving is of a bird. To the left is an empty roundel, once possibly enclosing a holy relic.

March 2017

This gargoyle is above the south aisle.

May 2016

This gargoyle conducts water from the parapet of the nave onto the roof of the south aisle.

Jean Howard 20 August 2023

The moulded eaves of the tower are decorated with a series of small sculptures. These along the western side show two faces, a rabbit and a flower head.

Jean Howard 20 August 2023

One of the many interesting gargoyles at the church of St John Baptist.

Mark Acton, 2016

The metal sculpture on the northeast curve of the building is by North Kelsey artist Noel Black (1931-2023). The vertical and horizontal lines depict the hand movement of a priest giving the Benediction, with motifs showing the flames of the fire and doves of peace.

Jean Howard 1 January 2022

This small carved stone cross is set over the blocked south doorway, which dates from the Norman period.

July 2015

This grotesque cat-like face is alongside the south door.

April 2016

By the westernmopst pinnacle above the south aisle is this small figure in fouteenth century costume.

Pevsner describes it as a knight; the local residents consider it to be St George. The creature beneath the figues feet is indeed dragon-like.

April 2016

This grotesque is just above the south porch.

September 2012

Expressive gargoyle high on the south-east corner of the tower just below the parapet.

April 2018

Shaft capitals bear small human masks.

DB 24 August 2019

"West end of south aisle with fragments of Anglo Saxon cross with interlace and cable decoration re-set"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359484 

DB 24 June 2020

Detail of the beakhead and zigzag decoration surrounding the south doorway, Norman in style but most probably restored.

December 2017

Carved face as label stop at the end of hood mould.

October 2017

Carved face as label stop at the end of hood mould.

October 2017

Victorian decoration on the battlement above the south wall of the nave.

January 2018

"The east wall of the nave has a battlemented parapet which terminates with an angel figure at the ridge. A C19 cross stands on the C15 pinnacle base"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146921?section=official-list-entry 

DB 18 March 2024

"The plain parapet has a finally carved corbel table and moulded top"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146921?section=official-list-entry 

DB 18 March 2024

Label stop on hood moulding over the east window at St Helen's church - work of S S Teulon.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1997

Label stop on hood moulding at St Helen's church - work of S S Teulon.

Peter Kirk Collection, 1997

Carved grotesque face set in the external wall of the church.

March 2017

Tower detail.

Spot the "Man of Clee" in the centre.

Mark Acton, 2008

Boss immediately above the south door.

A man sticking his tongue out to scare away evil. 

DB 18 November 2019

Jean Howard, 2 January 2022

This label stop is at the end of the hood mould over the chancel's south window.

It is typical of the 'medieval' faces used by Victorian architects to embellish their Gothic designs. 

June 2018

Part of the head of a fifteenth century window - presumably from the medieval church here - has been re-used, built into the exterior of the vestry to form blind arcading.

Jean Howard, 2 January 2022

"South side of nave with outline of 3 early C13 pointed arcade bays. Foliated capital on corbel head between first and second bays from east, with octagonal abacus"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064025?section=official-list-entry 

DB 14 May 2022

Around the base of the church tower is a frieze with quatrefoil decoration.

October 2017

A small grotesque carving in the interior of St Peter's.

September 2013

"The south wall has ... two small pieces of interlace buried in the walling"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064293 

DB 25 June 2020

A weather vane tops the elegantly slender tower and spire. 

DB 19 March 2020

This weathered head by the west door is thought to have originated in Barlings Abbey.

January 2014

The decorative frieze in pseudo Norman style applied in the Victorian restoration.

October 2017

Grotesque sculpted figure.

DB 8 August 2020 

"C12 west front ... 2 human heads in gable"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241280 

DB 8 August 2020 

This fine decorated cast-iron work is on the ridge of the roof at the east end of the nave.

August 2010

A gargoyle in the north wall of the nave is now bypassed by the modern rainwater goods.

Jean Howard 2 May 2024

A Norman tympanum is set over the porch entrance of St Nicholas', and there are other traces of Norman work inside.

April 2018

Gargoyles at each corner of the tower.

DB 14 August 2018

Sheep's head gargoyle on the south side of the nave.

August 2016

This corbel in the interior of the church probably represents the Green Man.

August 2016

Label stop in the form of a 'medieval' head, a typical decorative device used by Victorian church restorers.

April 2017

C14 west window out of view in this image but with "plaque over inscribed 'T W'?, then 3 heads from label stops buried in masonary".

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1168219

DB 2020

Detail of end of arch at west doorway.

June 2015

West end has a carving of Michael spearing the dragon set in a tracery arch.

DB 14 April 2018

Detail of the south doorway.

December 2013

The porch (added in the nineteenth century) is flanked by columns with leafy capitals.

September 2017

The south aisle was built in 1886-87 as part of the restoration of the church.

April 2016

Detail from the south aisle, which was built in 1886-87 as part of the restoration of the church.

April 2016

Further deatils from he south aisle, which was built in 1886-87 as part of the restoration of the church.

April 2016

Large corner gargoyle.

DB 18 January 2020

One of several gargoyles for draining water from the roof behind the battlemented parapets above both the nave and south aisle.

June 2008

An expressive grotesque carving.

April 2018

Pevsner says that above the west tower window is a "charming crouching figure: a reset C14 caryatid".

DB 20 May 2018 

Grotesque head set into the west tower. Fingers pulling the mouth into a wicked grin.

DB 20 May 2018

Another figure of a musician carved in stone and a little above head height on a buttress to the south aisle.

January 2018

Two of the very fine carved figures of musicians flanking a buttress to the south aisle.

January 2018

The decorated frieze on the parapet above the nave is carried round the head of the polygonal rood staircase projection adjacent to the chancel.

April 2016

This grotesque is mounted on the corner of the porch.

April 2016

There is stencilled frieze decorating the top of the nave walls.

May 2016

The 15th century porch, like the tower, has impressive gargoyles.

July 2014

Gargoyle from the 15th century porch.

July 2014

The clerestory windows on the south side of the nave are flanked by a frieze of shields said to have come from a tomb-chest.

July 2013

Inside the porch by the south doorway the head of a bishop as the label stop.

August 2018

The simple but stylish label stop to the hood mould over the west doorway - Victorian in date.

August 2018

This tiny figure stands in a niche high up in the east wall of the Early English south transept.  It probably dates from the fourteenth century.

April 2015

A rather charming 'bird-in-foliage' stop to the hood mould over the south doorway.

June 2018

This figure is erected above the porch doorway.

It is thought to show St Martin of Tours dressed as a Bishop, which role he unwillingly took in later life, with the kneeling figure of the beggar of Amiens whose plight prompted the action that marked Martin's conversion to Christianity.

Jean Howard, December 2020

This stone carving from Place's restoration of 1847 is by the south door of the church.

September 2009

The string course below the tower battlements carries prominent gargoyles at each corner.

September 2019

The entrance into the church is via the west door. This is one of the angel figures that form hood mould stops to the doorway. 

Jean Howard, July 2021

The left, northern, spandrel of the west door shows the Tree of Life with Adam and Eve.

A flat band of text runs around the arch. Though now almost illegible, it reads ‘Wo so looks thys work opon Pray for all yat yt begun’.

Jean Howard, January 2024

The right, southern, spandrel bears oak leaves and two shields, the upper one showing the symbols of the passion.

A flat band of text runs around the arch. Though now almost illegible, it reads ‘Wo so looks thys work opon Pray for all yat yt begun’.

Jean Howard, January 2024 

The east window has two attractive hood mould stops: this to the north depicts a king.

Jean Howard, January 2024