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Candlesby, Candlesby Hall
Candlesby, Candlesby Hall
Candlesby, Candlesby Hall

Candlesby Hall was built in the late Georgian period for the Massingberd family whose principal residence was at nearby Gunby Hall.

T R Leach Collection, undated postcard  

 

Candlesby, Candlesby Hall, Massingberd
Candlesby, Candlesby Hall
Candlesby, Candlesby Hall
Candlesby, Candlesby Hall

The west front of Candlesby Hall. This elevation has three bays with balconied porch.

T R Leach Collection, undated postcard

Candlesby, Candlesby Hall
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict

St Benedict, Candlesby, was built in 1838 by the architect Edward D. Rainey of Spilsby and altered by Eley White* in 1897.

It is built of yellow brick.

*Eley Emlyn White (1853-1900) was a London architect in partnership with John Christopher who built and restored a number of churches.

Mark Acton, 2016

Candlesby, St Benedict, Edward D Rainey, Eley Emlyn White
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict

View of St Benedict's from the south-east. Recent (2014-15) repairs to the nave are evident.

The construction is entirely in English bond.

May 2016

Candlesby, St Benedict church
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby St Benedict from northeast.
 
This view shows the triple lancets in the east end and the blocked priests’ door in the north wall of the chancel.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby St Benedict from southwest.
 
The tower has two stages with a stone string course and a plain parapet with plain stone corner pinnacles. The vestry looks almost domestic in design.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby St Benedict from south.
 
Three windows with hood moulds light either side of the nave. Dating from 1838 they are only slightly pointed, ie, neither classical nor ‘gothick’. The vestry built against the south side of the tower is a later addition in rather redder brick. The church is Grade II listed: 
 
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359683?section=official-list-entry 
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby, St Benedict
Candlesby St Benedict from west.
 
The stone string course of the tower continues down the west face of the nave, the brick courses above following that line.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Two metal plaques are on either side of the chancel, both in memory of members of the Alington family and both in very stylised lettering. This one reads:
 
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GERVASE WINFORD STOVIN ALINGTON/ B.A. MAGD. COLL. OXFORD ARTISTS RIFLES. CORPL. 1/17 LONDON/ REGT. M.M. BAR. ONLY CHILD OF GERVASE & MARY & GRANDSN/ OF JOHN ALINGTON (RECTOR). KILLED IN ACTION AT TOURNAI/ BELGIUM. NOV:9TH 1918 AGED 26 + FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH +
 
A full account of both this young man’s life and the Alington family can be found on Magdalen College website at: https://slowdusk.magd.ox.ac.uk/people/gervase-winford-stovin-alington/
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, GWS Alington plaque
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Alington)
Two metal plaques are on either side of the chancel, both in memory of members of the Alington family and both in very stylised lettering.  This reads:
 
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE REVD JOHN WYNFORD ALINGTON/ M.A. DEMY. MAGD. COLL. OXFORD: VICAR GENERAL OF ZULULAND:/ SON OF THE REVD JOHN ALINGTON RECTOR OF CANDLESBY:/ HE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS MASTER IN ZULULAND./ OCT: 10TH 1879. AGED 40 + FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH+
 
He was Commissary of the Bishop of Eastern Capetown and is buried in Old Utrecht Cemetery, KwaZulu-Natal. As three of his brothers emigrated to New Zealand an album of photographs of Revd John Alington and his family is held in New Zealand archives; see:
 
https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.699171
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, JW Alington plaque
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Mead)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Mead)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, Memorial (Mead)
Candlesby St Benedict Francis Mead monument
 
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ the Rev FRANCIS MEAD D.D./ Rector of this Parish and of Gayton-le-Marsh;/ and formerly, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford./ He was the only surviving son of/ JOSEPH MEAD Esq Captn R N./ by Harriot, only daughter of Francis Man Esq;/ and grand-daughter, of Sir Thomas Tyrrell Bart/ He died on the 17th June 1833,/ aged 72 years./ at Harlow, in Essex, where he was buried.
 
This tablet is made by C H Riley of Louth. It reads: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ the Rev FRANCIS MEAD D.D./ Rector of this Parish and of Gayton-le-Marsh;/ and formerly, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford./ He was the only surviving son of/ JOSEPH MEAD Esq Captn R N./ by Harriot, only daughter of Francis Man Esq;/ and grand-daughter, of Sir Thomas Tyrrell Bart/ He died on the 17th June 1833,/ aged 72 years./ at Harlow, in Essex, where he was buried.
Letters from and concerning Francis Mead are held in Magdalen College Archives; see: 
 
https://archive-cat.magd.ox.ac.uk/search/all:records/0_50/all/score_desc/%20Francis%20Mead
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, Francis Mead monument
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, War Memorial
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, War Memorial
Candlesby, St Benedict, Chancel, War Memorial
The memorial to those who lost their lives in the First World War is a brass plaque mounted on a grey marble tablet. The arched top is engraved with a cross within a laurel wreath. The text is as follows:
 
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ HENRY BOWINS/ Army Service Corps/ THOMPSON BOWINS/ 5th Lincs. Regt./ FREDERICK J BROWN/ 1st Lincs. Regt./ GEORGE DAWSON/ 7th Lincs. Regt./ JOHN DAWSON/ 4th Lincs Regt./ ARNOLD EAGLE/ Royal Field Artillery/ HENRY GOOD/ Royal Engineers/ DONALD MACKENZIE/ Cameron Highlanders/ WILFRID SWINN/ Royal Navy
 
Other photographs are at:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62395
 
and more details of these servicemen are at:
https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/Candlesby.html 
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, war memorial
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby St Benedict looking east.
 
Judging from the watercolour painting of the church before the 1897 restoration, the geometric floor tiles may date from 1838. The three lancet windows above the altar can be seen.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby St Benedict looking west.
 
The view towards the tower shows an intriguing recess above the west door and the watercolour painting of the church interior of 1838. The temporary table across the nave may relate to the recent harvest festival service.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 

Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave
Candlesby St Benedict with box pews.
 
This watercolour of the church before the restoration of 1897 reveals many changes: there were box pews; the same roof timbers but without the present dark stain; two hat pegs above the pulpit; James Bass Topham’s mural tablet in the same place, but three narrow arches into the chancel with what appear to be decorative swags of dried flowers; not a sanctuary rail right across the width of the chancel but a rail around three sides of the altar. Note that the datestone is in the same spot above the chancel arch.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Datestone
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Datestone
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Datestone
Candlesby St Benedict rebuilding datestone.
 
This stone is above the chancel arch on the west side.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Font
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Font
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Font
A plain octagonal font.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, font
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Memorial (Topham)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Memorial (Topham)
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Memorial (Topham)
Candlesby St Benedict James Bass Topham monument.
 
Now rather dificult to decipher this appears to read:
 
SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JAMES BASS TOPHAM ESQ/ WHO DEPARTED FROM THIS LIFE/ FEBRUARY 28TH 1842/ IN THE 61ST YEAR OF HIS AGE/ ALSO OF/ JANE, HIS WIDOW/ WHO DIED MARCH 12TH 1870,/ AGED 86 YEARS/ ALSO OF/ GEORGE, THEIR SON/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 2ND 1853,/ AGED 40 YEARS.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, James Bass Topham monument
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Pulpit
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Pulpit
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Pulpit
The panelled pulpit would seem to date from 1838.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, pulpit
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
The central window on the north side of the nave has stained glass by Powells of Whitefriars depicting St David holding spear and shield with a frieze of harps, crowns and capital ‘D’s. David, son of Jesse, found favour by playing his harp to ease King Saul’s mind. Later he became King of Judah. The text reads:
 
In loving memory of JOHN/ FRANKLIN RAWNSLEY/ Died 4 Dec 1924 Aged 62/ All Israel & Judah loved David for/ he went out and came in before them.
 
This sentence is a quotation from the First Book of Samuel, chapter 18, verse 16 in the King James Bible.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, stained glass window
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
Candlesby, St Benedict, Nave, Window
The central window on the south side of the nave has stained glass by Powells of Whitefriars depicting St Giles who is shown with a white hind: according to legend hermit Giles was living near the mouth of the Rhone and King Wamba shot an arrow while in pursuit of a hind, but it struck and crippled Giles with whom the hind had taken refuge. The text reads:
 
To the beloved memory of Henry Giles Alington M.A./ Demy* of Magdalen College Oxford H.M.I.S.** 1866-1901/ Rector of Candlesby 1902-1922 Died 2 Dec. 1928 Aged 91./ "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,/ whose mind is stayed on Thee”
 
More on H G Alington may be found at:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Alington 
 
* A demy is a foundation scholar at Magdalen College Oxford, so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow. **HMIS stands for Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, stained glass window, Henry Giles Alington
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower
Candlesby St Benedict tower stair.
 
The groundfloor of the tower serves as a west porch. The green-painted staircase up to the floor above is to the right, the War Memorial tablets on the east wall either side of the inner door and the clock can be heard ticking loudly
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby St Benedict Roll of Honour 1.
 
Two fine stone tablets either side of the door into the nave display those from Candlesby who served in the First World War. Those who died are marked with a red cross.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, Roll of Honour
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby, St Benedict, Tower Porch, Roll of Honour
Candlesby St Benedict Roll of Honour 2.
 
Two fine stone tablets either side of the door into the nave display those from Candlesby who served in the First World War. Those who died are marked with a red cross.
 
Jean Howard 10 September 2023 
Candlesby, Saint Benedict Church, Roll of Honour