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Benington
 
Benington village
Benington village
Benington village

Benington lies some four miles east of Boston. Its name derives from 'Benna's farm or settlement'. 

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

Benington,
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints

The Perpendicular tower has a four-light western window, two-light bell openings and a flower frieze under a plain parapet.

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

Benington,
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints

The nave of All saints, Benington, looking towards the chancel.

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

Benington,
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints

All Saints, Bennington, still a fine church. Now redundant, boarded up and awaiting conversion to community use.

Outside it appears Perpendicular but the nave arcades are Decorated and the chancel Early English, a rarity for the area.

Mark Acton, 2011

 

 

Benington, church, perpendicular, decorated, early english,
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints
Benington, All Saints

With the support of a large grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, this fine building was extensively remodelled and refitted for community use in 2019.

It is now known and Beonna All Saints.

The architectural features - both inside and outside - of this Grade I Listed building are detailed on the Historic England website: 

Church of All Saints, Benington, Lincolnshire (britishlistedbuildings.co.uk)

September 2021

Benington, All Saints, Beonna
Benington, All Saints, Doorway
Benington, All Saints, Doorway
Benington, All Saints, Doorway

The priest's door, on the south side of the chancel, dates from the fourteenth century.

The decorative hinges are particularly fine.

September 20231 

Benington, All Saints, doorway, Hinges
Benington, All Saints, Gravestone
Benington, All Saints, Gravestone
Benington, All Saints, Gravestone

This finely carved eighteenth-century headstone is a good example of the stones of this period found in south Lincolnshire churchyards.

September 2021 

Benington, All Saints, grave marker
Benington, All Saints, Lampstand
Benington, All Saints, Lampstand
Benington, All Saints, Lampstand

A slender and rather flimsy lamp standard and bracket, probably made by a local blacksmith. It would have supported an oil lamp.

September 2021 

Benington, All Saints, lamp
Benington, Bay Hall
Benington, Bay Hall
Benington, Bay Hall

Bay Hall is Grade II* listed and dates from c.1700 with later C18 addition & alterations. It is built in red brick of Flemish bond. By 1994 it had become derelict & planning permission was sought for its demolition. Fortunately it has been saved and restored.

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101062079-bay-hall-benington 

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

Benington, Bay Hall
Benington, Old Rectory
Benington, Old Rectory
Benington, Old Rectory

Grade II listed. Built c.1830 with minor C20 alterations

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101062076-the-old-rectory-benington

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

 

Benington,
Benington, Purril's Almshouses
Benington, Purril's Almshouses
Benington, Purril's Almshouses

Five almshouses, C15, rebuilt in 1728 & altered in C20. Red brick in Flemish bond.

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101360481-purrils-almshouses-benington

Undated postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 

Benington, Purril's Almshouses
Benington,Sea End, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Benington,Sea End, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Benington,Sea End, Primitive Methodist Chapel

This Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1838 and initially closed in 1890.

However, for some reason the local "cause" revived and the chapel reopened for a short period between 1908 and 1915 but then it finally closed as a place of worship.

The building was sold in 1918 and was converted into a dwelling, "Rose Cottage".

It is located at the junction of Sea End Road and Spicer's Lane (TF 408 461)

Barry Barton, 1978
Benington, Sea End Primitive Methodist Chapel