Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary is a parish church located on Fotherby Church Lane. It dates back to the 13th century but underwent rebuilding in 1863 by James Fowler of Louth. The church is constructed from squared chalk and limestone, with sandstone dressings, and features slate roofs adorned with decorative ridge tiles.

The building includes a western tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch. The tower has three stages, clasping buttresses, and a stone octagonal spire with four lucarnes. The eaves are moulded and embellished with fleurons. On the west side, there is a tall lancet window at ground level, while the middle stage has four smaller lancets on each side. The belfry contains paired lights with shafts and quatrefoils. The north wall features two paired lancets topped with cinquefoils, and the east wall of the chancel has a similar three-light window. The south wall of the chancel includes two lancets with cusped heads, and the nave has three windows that match those on the north side. The porch has a steeply pitched gable and a richly moulded outer door with floriate stops, along with an arched niche above. Inside the porch, there are wooden side benches, trilobe side lights, and a second moulded doorway.

Inside the church, the tower arch incorporates some early 13th-century masonry, including keeled responds and a double chamfered arch, although the capitals are entirely from the 19th century. The chancel arch is single chamfered, made of polychromatic brick on 19th-century paired annular shafts, and features a moulded hood with floriated stops. The nave and chancel walls are made of red facing brick with flush ashlar bands, while all rear arches are of polychromatic brick, and the cornice is dentillated. Most fittings are from the 19th century, except for a plain octagonal font from the 15th century. During the restoration, fragments of medieval masonry from Fotherby Church were removed and reused in a folly at Brackenborough Hall.