Building record M4743 - CHURCH OF ST GREGORY AT FLEDBOROUGH

Summary

CHURCH (Medieval to 21st Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 81207 72195 (29m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SK87SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Fledborough, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Consists of clerestorey C14, chancel rebuilt 1890, W tower, upper part C13. Tower arch has Norman details, though painted. Much C13 stained glass. Much renewed in mid C19. 2 C14 monuments of a Lady and a Knight. (1)
In normal use. (2)
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on samples taken from timbers of the bellframe at this church. Site sequence NBFMSQ01, contains four samples and spans the period AD 1501–1648. Interpretation of the sapwood suggests felling of the four timbers occurred in Spring AD 1649. (3)

The Bellframe: The oak bellframe for two bells is of pegged jack-braced design, Pickford Group 6.B (Figs 3–9). It is of rough construction and probably dates to the early-seventeenth century. The frame sits on a twentieth century wooden planked floor which in turn sits on six modern 20cm by 20cm oak beams. In the nineteenth century the bells were rehung with re-placement wheels, etc, and the frame strengthened with new timbers cut into the top sills of all three trusses to house the plain bearings. These new timbers are marked on the drawings. At the same time bolts were put though many joints in an effort to stabilise the frame. The Bells- Treble. [+ 97] SANCTVS [: 98] GREGORIVS; Tenor. [+ 44] PRAYSE THE LORD 1600 [40] Badge numbers are taken from the Church Bells of Nottinghamshire. The treble bell is medieval, by an unknown founder, and dates from the period AD 1350–70. The only other known bell with this lettering on it is at Gautby, Lincolnshire. The tenor bell was cast by Henry II Oldfield of Nottingham. (3)


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCL 220/0298/29a

Listed buildings slides, 15 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed. (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<3> Nottingham Tree Ring Dating Laboratory, 2015, The Bellframe, Church of St. Gregory, Fledborough, Survey, Recording and Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers (Unpublished document). SNT5261.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 15 slides.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin.
  • <2> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Nottingham Tree Ring Dating Laboratory. 2015. The Bellframe, Church of St. Gregory, Fledborough, Survey, Recording and Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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