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Rothwell
 
Rothwell, Old School
Rothwell, Old School
Rothwell, Old School

The school was built in 1856 and enlarged in 1895. It closed in July 1981.

April 2017

Rothwell, primary school
Rothwell, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Rothwell, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Rothwell, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Rothwell, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene

The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Rothwell lies close to a village in the heart of the Wolds.

St Mary Magdalene has an Anglo-Saxon tower, normal arcades and a chancel which was restored in 1892 by Sedding*.

Mark Acton, 2011

* Pevsner attributes this to John Dando Sedding (1838-91) - maybe one of his last commissions. Alternatively it may have been Edmund Harold Sedding (1863-1921), his nephew.

Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene church, Anglo-Saxon tower, Norman, Sedding
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene

This well-weathered church stands on an open site at the edge of the village.

April 2017

Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, bell opening
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, bell opening
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, bell opening

In the tower a twin bell-opening with centre shaft, typical of the Anglo-Saxon period.

April 2017

Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, bell opening
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, west doorway
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, west doorway
Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, west doorway

The small doorway in the west face of the tower is typically Anglo-Saxon. It has plain chamfered imposts, a plain tympanum and a hoodmould - all heavily weathered.

April 2017

Rothwell, St Mary Magdalene, west doorway