St Swithin's Vestry and Adjoining Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1973. Vestry.
St Swithin's Vestry and Adjoining Wall
- WRENN ID
- silver-flint-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lincoln
- Constituency
- Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1973
- Type
- Vestry
- OS grid reference
- SK 976 712
- Coordinates
- 53.22925, -0.53791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Swithin's Vestry and the adjoining wall, located on Free School Lane in Lincoln, were built in 1888, possibly by James Fowler of Louth, and were funded by the Shuttleworth family. The former vestry meeting room now serves as a social centre. The building is designed in the Gothic Revival style and constructed from rockfaced ashlar with ashlar dressings and a slate roof.
Architectural features include a chamfered plinth and sill band, an impost band, and a hoodmould. The east gable is coped and includes kneelers and finials. The windows are adorned with hoodmoulds. The structure is single storey with attics and consists of two bays. The east gable features a central ogee-headed doorway flanked by single leaded windows, with an inscribed band and a single window above. The south side has a double gabled design, showcasing a three-light window with a transom and a pointed arched doorway.
To the left of the building, there is a wall approximately 20 meters long with slab coping, a square corner pier, and a pointed arched doorway to the left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
St Swithin's Vestry and Adjoining Wall receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
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