Month 2012:
MABLETHORPE St. Mary, and Sutton-on-Sea St. Clement.
Mablethorpe St. Mary
When we started out for Mablethorpe on the first Thursday in July it was in torrential rain and the outlook for the day didn’t look good. However soon the roads were dry and by the time we reached our St Mary’s our first church the weather was just right! I used to visit Mablethorpe for Monday night bell ringing practice and there were few houses near the church. It seems that now the community has decided to move further from the sea and it is very built up.
Pevsner describes the church as camel-back in appearance and the photo shows what he meant! A very dry summer in the 1970s affected the foundations of the nave and this was rebuilt in 1978 with the arches being replaced with impressive wooden timber struts as shown in the photo. Out guide pointed out the items of interest before we moved on to Sutton-on on-Sea.
Pevsner describes the church as camel-back in appearance and the photo shows what he meant! A very dry summer in the 1970s affected the foundations of the nave and this was rebuilt in 1978 with the arches being replaced with impressive wooden timber struts as shown in the photo. Out guide pointed out the items of interest before we moved on to Sutton-on on-Sea.
Sutton-on-Sea St. Clement
From the outside this brick church is not particularly inspiring but on entering we were surprised how bright and cheerful it is. Some of the artefacts appear to be from an earlier church which has disappeared under the sea.
This was a nice day out helped with the weather and the very warm welcome at both churches. We had refreshments at Mablethorpe but had to refuse at Sutton because of time restraints.
This was a nice day out helped with the weather and the very warm welcome at both churches. We had refreshments at Mablethorpe but had to refuse at Sutton because of time restraints.
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