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trating it in several places, and the timber and boards under the lead decayed, and covered with green moss. The whole roof should be taken off the walls, and raised to a steeper pitch, the decayed timbers replaced with new, the whole covered with new boards, and lea recast and laid again.
The floor is made up of grave stones and bricks, and is extremely damp, as the walls also are, owing to the accumulation of earth on the outside, particularly towards the south, and to the want of proper drainage. The pews are modern, but are almost rotten at the bottom by the damp from the floor, and considerable repair is wanting.
Note:- The Prebendary, or his lessee, bears a portion of the repairs of this chapel, co-jointly with the parishioners, there being no separate part allotted for the chancel.
Dimensions of the present fabric within the walls:-
29 feet 9 inches long and 16 feet 4 inches wide
HOLTON LE MOOR
The chancel is an ancient fabric, with walls of rough stone, measuring 21 feet long by 12 feet wide, within the walls. There are two windows on the south side, each of two lights wide, one being blocked up; and 1 window at the east end, 3 lights wide partly blocked up. The stone mullions and jambs of these windows are decayed, and the glazing is old, and in bad condition. The walls are cracked at the north east quion, and over the window. There is a double buttress at that angle rudely built and badly coped at the top, where the eave drops upon it. The eastern gable is decayed in the coping, and the stone cross upon the tip is broken. The roof is very old, framed with a low pitch, and covered with lead. The timbers appear to be very much decayed, and in a dangerous state. Some new pieces of wood have been inserted, which have helped to keep the old rafters together. The boards upon the roof are very old and much brocken. The lead on the south side of the roof has been partly renewed. That on the north side is old and much rusted and decayed; and the eave is partly broken down. The plaster on the inside of the walls is tolerably good, and the floor, which is of brick, is in a decent state. The fabric of this chancel is altogether in a very rude and delapidated state and requires considerable repairs.
Edward James Wilson
Newport, Lincoln
1831
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