At the camera (of Knights Hospitallers) there was … the appropriated church of Winkburn. (1)
The parish church which dates from the Norman period is obviously the church noted above, and is regarded as one of the 3 Temple churches remaining in the country. Nothing of the Hospitallers house has apparently survived but its site was presumably adjacent to the church, possibly where the Hall now stands. (2) (3)
Church of St John of Jerusalem, consists of nave, chancel and W tower. Mainly C12. Completely unrestored interior has Jacobean chancel screen with tympanum over. 2 decker pulpit box, pews and squire's pew, Royal Arms of 1764. Carolean altar rails, Burnell family tombs and hatchments etc. A remarkably interesting village church. (5)
The body of the building appears to be all of mid 12th century date, though with later alterations in
the 14th, 15th, and 18th centuries, however, unusually it escaped a severe 19th century restoration
which normally occurred in buildings of this type. Also unusual is the fact that there is no dividing
arch between the nave and the chancel; the interior fittings are of the 17th and 18th century and it is
hypothesised that the arch was removed in the 17th century when the building was evidently refitted
internally. In place of the dividing arch a wood and plaster screen has been installed. The east and west faces of the screen were examined thermographically to determine if the internal structure could be discerned. [It revealed] a buried internal support structure of the plaster screen...and it conjectured that this is a wooden “former” that was created to hold the smooth plaster upper part of the screen in place; its style indicates a date in the 17th or early 18th century. The west side of the screen is partially obscured by a coat-of-arms but the internal support structure was also visible on the observable areas of this elevation in the thermal infrared. (6)
See M18082 Camera, M3144 for Holy Well, M3145 for Winkburn Hall.

Listed buildings slides, 7 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> VCH, 1910, Notts, pp 143-4 (Published document). SNT1384.

<2> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<3> McCutcheon Rev WS, 1970, Winkburn Church (Published document). SNT910.

<4> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 380 (Monograph). SNT4.

<5> DOE (HHR), --/06/1960, Southwell Rural District - Provisional List, p 43 (Published document). SNT639.

<6> Brooke C, 2018, Remote Sensing: Thermal imaging of historic buildings, Remote sensing (Published document). SNT5235.