 Sibthorpe
St Peter
Stonework
The church is built largely of thinly coursed local skerry, ie a
very fine-grained, dolomitic sandstone (off-white to buff coloured) from the
Triassic, Mercia Mudstone Group. The church stands on a series of such skerry
bands. The sandstone is a little coarser in grain size than some others in
the area, eg at East Bridgford and
Syerston, and has a weaker dolomite (Magnesium carbonate) cement making it
softer and more friable.
Buff coloured oolitic and shelly Lincolnshire Limestone has been used for
the carved work e.g. window and door mouldings and on the buttresses.
Occasional blocks of grey, lower Jurassic (Lias) limestone have been used as
replacements in the tower.
Inside, the visible stonework is quite similar. The large alabaster
monument, made from gypsum from the Mercia Mudstone Group at Chellaston,
is spectacular.
Particular thanks to Dr Graham Lott for preparing this entry
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