St Katherine's Church, Teversal

St Katherine's Church, Teversal
St Katherine's Church, Teversal
St Katherine's Church, Teversal Location in Nottinghamshire
53.1520°N 1.2786°W / 53.1520; -1.2786
OS grid reference	SK 48339 61902
Location	Buttery Lane, Teversal, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	http://www.skegbyparish.org.uk/
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	St. Catherine
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	12 October 1988
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate / lead roof
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry	Newark
Deanery	Newstead
Parish	Skegby
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Canon Dr Richard Kellett

The St Katherine's Church is on Buttery Lane, Teversal, Nottinghamshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Newstead, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. Its benefice has three churches, St Andrew's Church, Skegby, All Saints' Church, Stanton Hill and St Katherine's itself.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2]

The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and has an unrestored 17th and 18th century interior. The Molyneux pew is in the south aisle and has a roof supported by barley-sugar columns.[3]

History

The church is medieval and is the family church of the Earl of Carnarvon.[4]

Bells

The third bell is one of[5] the oldest bells in Nottinghamshire dated 1551.[6]

Monuments

There are two early ledger stones, for Roger Greenhalghe (d. 1562) and his wife Anne Babington (d. 1538).[7]

There are various monuments to the Molyneux Baronets

• Sir Francis Molyneux, 2nd Baronet, died 1674, son of Sir John Molyneux, 1st Baronet.
• Sir John Molyneux, died 1691
• Sir John Molyneux, died 1741

See also

• Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
• Listed buildings in Teversal

Sources

1. Skegby Parish, Church of England, retrieved 29 December 2017
2. Historic England. "St Katherine's Church, Buttery Lane, Teversal (1234886)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. Betjeman, J., ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the North. London: Collins; pp. 228-29
4. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx.: Penguin; page 346.
5. "Car Colston - Bells".
6. Leaflet, "St Michaels' Sutton Bonington, A brief history of the bells"
7. R. R. Rawlins, 'Teversall Church', The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 80 part 1 (London, 1810) pp. 120-122, with engraving of church and these graveslabs.