Marshchapel Arts

Located in the Lincolnshire village of Marshchapel, the group raises funds, through it’s annual exhibition and various musical events, to help maintain St. Mary’s Church building .

All funds raised, after costs, are donated to the Church for its upkeep. It is run solely for this purpose by a team of unpaid volunteers. See St Mary’s latest work to the bells and bell frame here.

The church dates from the early 15th C and was probably completed around 1420. It replaced a earlier small chapel that was mentioned in 1387. It is built of Ancaster stone and unusual as unlike most other churches that gradually developed and expanded St Mary’s was built in its entirety at the same time.

In the 19th century some rebuilding of the chancel took place as well as new pews with some fine carvings. The church interior with its fine wood carvings (134 pew poppyheads all different), rood screen, font and the large west window make this an impressive church.

The well kept churchyard has a trail (see St Marys Church page for more info) and is a haven for wildlife and plants. The exterior of the church has mass dials scratched into the south side as well as many fine carvings which would have been based on local people by the stonemasons when it was built.