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St Botolph's Church is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Quarrington, part of the civil parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. The area has been settled since at least the Anglo-Saxon period and a church existed there by the time ''Domesday'' was compiled in 1086, when it formed part of Ramsey Abbey's fee. It was granted to Haverholme Priory in ''c''. 1165, but the Bishop of Lincoln presented the rector during the early 16th century, before it passed to Robert Carre and his descendants. With capacity for 124 people, the church serves the ecclesiastic parish of Quarrington with Old Sleaford and, as of 2009, has an average congregation of 50. Recognised for its age and tracery, the church has been designated a grade II * listed building. It consists of a tower and spire with a nave and north aisle spanning eastwards and ending at a chancel. The oldest parts of the building date to the 13th century, although substantial rebuilding took place over the following century. Renovations followed and the local architect Charles Kirk the younger carried out restoration work in 1862–63, when he added the chancel in his parents' memory. The high interior spans three bays of arcading which complement the windows along either side of the nave's south wall and north aisle; those on the south wall are particularly unusual for their incorporation of hexagons and trefoils into the reticulated designs. ==Description== St Botolph's Church is the parish church of the benefice of Quarrington with Old Sleaford, which encompasses most of the village of Quarrington in the English non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire. The benefice is a rectory and falls within the deanery of Lafford and the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln; the present priest-in-charge, Rev. Sandra Rhys Benham, was appointed in 2009. Dedicated to St Botolph, the church is on Town Road.〔 The rectory was constructed in c. 2000 and has a study area used as the parish office. As of 2015, services are scheduled for Sundays and Wednesdays: Holy Communion from 11:00 am on every second, third and fourth Sunday and every Wednesday at 10:00 am; a family service on every first Sunday of the month at 11:00 am.〔 Along with 20 spaces in the choir stalls, the nave and aisle pews can comfortably seat 124 adults and "149 at a pinch"; as of 2009, the average congregation size for the main Sunday service was 50, about half of whom were retired and 1–3 were under 16. In 2004 a log-cabbin-style building was constructed by Pinelog Ltd using funds from the Parochial Church Council and serves as a robing space for choristers and can be used as a meeting room for up to 30 people. Equipped with disabled toilet facilities, the building also serves as a Sunday School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Botolph's Church, Quarrington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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