The current church opened in October 1821[3] but was only consecrated in 1824.[4] The church was built by the Reverend Richard Lucas who was rector of Great Casterton-with-Pickworth and also Edith Weston.[5] The church consists of a southern porch, nave, chancel and a western turret containing a bell. The chancel has a tablet to Joseph Armitage of Wakefield;[2] a bequest to Lucas, his brother-in-law, helped fund the building and endowment. The simplified Norman style was influenced by the 1792 rebuilding of St Peter's Church, Tickencote.[6]
The remains of the medieval village lie mainly to the west of the current village centre.[7] The only visible remains, other than earthworks, is a stone arch,[8] standing to the west of the current church. This is assumed to be the outer arch of the porch of the medieval church. The church and most of the village are thought to have disappeared after the 1470 Battle of Losecoat Field.[9] In 1728 and 1731, the steeple was taken down and the materials used for the bridges at Great Casterton and Wakerley.[9]
References
↑ "All Saints". www.achurchnearyou.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ Stamford Mercury 26 October 1821, page 3; "On Sunday last, the handsome new church lately erected at Pickworth, in the county of Rutland, by the Rev. Richard Lucas, Rector of Great Casterton, was opened for the first time (it being feast Sunday at Pickworth). Divine service was performed by the Rev. Edw. Brown, before a very numerous congregation."
↑ Northampton Mercury 24 July 1824; "On the 15th instant the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, accompanied by the Most Honorable the Marquis of Exeter, and several of the neighbouring clergy and gentry, consecrated the new church and church yard of Pickworth, in the county of Rutland, and his Lordship's diocese, which has recently been erected and endowed at the sole expense of the Rev. Richard Lucas, the venerable rector of Great Casterton (to which rectory Pickworth is annexed), upon a very eligible spot of ground, the donation of the Marquis, who is patron of the said rectory, ..."
