Church of St Wilfrid in Grounds of Holwell Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1968. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Wilfrid in Grounds of Holwell Hall
- WRENN ID
- dim-spindle-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Wilfrid in Grounds of Holwell Hall, Careby Aunby and Holywell, PE9 4DT
- OS grid reference
- TF 000 160
- Coordinates
- 52.73255, -0.52007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Wilfrid, located in the grounds of Holywell Hall, is a former church that is now closed. It dates from around 1700 and features some 19th-century alterations, incorporating materials from the 12th and 14th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and rusticated quoins, topped with a slate roof.
The church comprises a nave, a west tower, and a vestry. The two-stage west tower is adorned with a quatrefoil parapet frieze and angle urns. It features a re-used 14th-century west door with triple shafted reveals, foliate capitals, and a double chamfered arch. Above the door is a panel displaying 18th-century royal arms, and in the top stage of the tower, there are keyed oculi with wooden Chinese Chippendale tracery on all four sides. The side walls contain four two-light windows with cusped heads and trefoil spandrels. On the north side, there is a gabled vestry with a single lancet window. The east end features a re-used 14th-century reticulated three-light window with a hood and human head stops.
Inside, the west end has four 12th-century round pillars that support the tower, featuring waterleaf and chamfered capitals, which now support double chamfered pointed arches. In the sanctuary, a doorway in the north wall leads to the vestry. All interior fittings are from the 19th century, including those with crocketed pinnacles and shafts. There is also a 19th-century square font with a contemporary wooden cover and a shafted base.
Local climate
Church of St Wilfrid in Grounds of Holwell Hall 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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