"Former Chapel of Ease dedicated as Parish Church in 1924. 1812, chancel added 1880"

"The Chapel of Ease was built following a subscription raised by the patron and rector of Algakirk, to serve the inhabitants of the new settlements formed by the draining of the Fens under the Act of Parliament passed in 1767. Source: Whites Directory 1856"

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Peter Kirk Collection, 18 June 2002

View from the south. The church has a very modest bellcote and a small sundial mounted on the parapet midway along the south wall of the nave.

Windows in contrasting shape and style.

August 2018

View of the church from the south west.

The impact of the rampant ivy has been reduced but it remains a dominant feature of the west wall.

August 2018

Viewed from the east.

The chancel was added in 1880 and features a triple lancet east window with ashlar surround.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

Viewed from the southwest.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

The chancel was added in 1880. It was built in Monk bond*, a brick bond rarely found in churches (usually either Flemish bond or English bond)

August 2018

* Monk bond is similar to Flemish bond. In both bonds each course of bricks is identical. Flemish bond has alternate stretchers (S) and headers(H) (so the sequence is SHSHSH...); Monk bond has two stretchers and a single header alternately (SSHSSHSSH ...)

Looking east towards the tiny chancel.

August 2018

A delightful organ case, probably of the same date as the church (early 19th century).

Remarkably, on a midweek afternoon in August, the organ was being played. To our consternation the organist said he proposed to repaint the organ case.We did our best to dissuade him.

August 2018

The west door is traceried with a central wicket. The brick arch is in a Tudor style

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

Entrance to Bailey Bridge Farm.

The 1903 map shows the vehicular entrance to the farmyard was via a long track from Kirton Drove to the west with only a footbridge across the North Forty Foot Drain accessing the nearby footpath. The Bailey Bridge was a modular steel bridge designed by Donald Bailey, a civil servant in the War Office. It was in use for military purposes by December 1941. How long this example has formed the main access point for the farm is not known nor what the farm was called before the bridge was installed..

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

Entrance to Bailey Bridge Farm.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

Entrance to Bailey Bridge Farm.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

The chapel, originally known as Barley Sheaf, was erected in 1864 for the Wesleyan Methodists. It was extended and altered in 1958 and closed in 1993.

July 2021 

Viewed from the north.

The date of construction of the parish hall has not been found but the triple lancet window echoes the east window of the church where the chancel was added in 1880. The building is seen here across the westernmost-part of the churchyard.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023

Viewed from the south.

The hall is alongside the road that follows the North Forty Foot Drain at the western edge of the churchyard. It is now referred to as Holland Fen Community Hall.

Jean Howard 20 July 2023