Church of St Wilfrid is a Grade II* listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1985. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Wilfrid

WRENN ID
dusk-ember-lichen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1985
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Wilfrid, Church Lane, Metheringham
OS grid reference
TF 070 612
Coordinates
53.13803, -0.40169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Wilfrid is a parish church that dates back to the 12th century, with later additions from the 15th, 17th, and 19th centuries. After a fire in 1599, the nave was restored by John Tirrel. The church is built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features plain tile and lead roofs. It has ashlar coped gables with kneelers and includes a tower, nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a chancel.

The 12th-century west tower shows signs of earlier structures to the west, which are now concealed by a large 17th-century buttress. The tower is adorned with small stair lights, two-light 12th-century bell openings, gargoyles, battlements, and pinnacles. The 15th-century castellated nave has three two-light chamfered mullion windows in the clerestory. The north aisle, added around 1870, features four two-light pointed windows and a small doorway. The east window, from the 19th century, is a three-light design with flowing tracery. The south chancel contains a small 15th-century two-light window with a dripmould and a fine 15th-century three-light window that was originally located at the east end. The south nave has three 19th-century pointed windows and a gable porch with stone coping, along with a notable door dated 1602.

Inside, the church has three-bay nave arcades supported by Tuscan Doric columns from 1601, which hold medieval arches. There is a 19th-century rood screen and an ogee-headed piscina. A monument to Sir Thomas and Lucy Skipwith can also be found within the church.

Local climate

Church of St Wilfrid sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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