Jump to content

St Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping

Coordinates: 52°40′43″N 0°19′12″W / 52.67861°N 0.32000°W / 52.67861; -0.32000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 16:14, 9 January 2018 (Robot - Speedily moving category Church of England churches in Lincolnshire to Category:Church of England church buildings in Lincolnshire per CFDS.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

St Guthlac's Church
The bell tower from the south
Map
52°40′43″N 0°19′12″W / 52.67861°N 0.32000°W / 52.67861; -0.32000
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipHigh Church
Websitewww.stguthlacs.org.uk
History
DedicationSaint Guthlac
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseLincoln
Clergy
RectorRev'd Philip Brent
Laity
Director of musicPeter Davies

Saint Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping is a parish church of the Church of England in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England.

Background

The largely 15th-century church of St Guthlac is the only church in Market Deeping, and is part of the Church of England Anglo-Catholic tradition. The church is in the Diocese of Lincoln in the Deanery of Elloe West. St Guthlac's is a member of the Deepings Churches Together, a local organisation of churches within The Deepings, and a member of the St Guthlac fellowship. As of 2013 the rector is the Reverend Philip Brent.

Architecture

On the south face of the tower is a limestone sundial inscribed with "The day is thine", with a similar sundial on the north face which bears the words "The Night cometh". The nave is supported on the south aisle by Norman arches, whereas those on the north aisle are later Gothic period. The church organ is Victorian. The stained glass windows in the chancel depict scenes of the life of the St Guthlac, including one in which he is seen sailing through what is now the fens to establish a monastery, now Crowland Abbey.[citation needed]

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ.National Pipe Organ Register.

Media related to Saint Guthlac, Market Deeping at Wikimedia Commons