Church Of St Benedict

The Church of St Benedict, dating from the 12th century, is located on the north side of High Street in Glinton. The nave features a Perpendicular clerestorey and battlements adorned with large grotesque gargoyles. The north aisle includes shallow buttresses and battlements, along with a Norman round-arched slit window at the west end, a chamfered north doorway flanked by small buttresses, and restored Early English windows. The south aisle also has battlements and angle buttresses, with restored Early English and Decorated windows, as well as a 15th-century four-centred arch south doorway.

The south porch, dating from the 15th century, features an outer arch from around 1300 with a double chamfer; the outer chamfer is hollow and decorated with dogtooth ornament. The porch is moulded and has carved bosses, and it contains two coffin lids with recumbent figures. The chancel has battlements and Early English and Perpendicular south windows, with a restored east window featuring intersecting tracery and buttresses with set-offs. There is an early 13th-century chancel chapel. The 15th-century west tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses with set-offs, 2-light bell-openings, battlements, and a disproportionately tall octagonal recessed spire with two tiers of lucarnes and an outline with entasis.

Inside, the church has Perpendicular arcades supported by octagonal piers with crenellated abaci. The square Norman font is decorated with squares and crosses, and there is a 14th-century traceried piscina in the north chancel. Among the monuments are early 14th-century stone effigies of a Forester, a horn, and a lady, believed to have originated from Northborough, possibly representing Geoffrey Delamare, the supposed Forester of Kesteven. The church is constructed of square rubble and ashlar, with roofs made of lead and Collyweston stone.