Jump to content

St Mary's Church, Clifton

Coordinates: 52°54′29″N 1°11′49″W / 52.9080°N 1.1969°W / 52.9080; -1.1969
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from St. Mary's Church, Clifton)

52°54′29″N 1°11′49″W / 52.9080°N 1.1969°W / 52.9080; -1.1969

St. Mary's Church, Clifton
Map
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Websitewww.clifton-village.org.uk/church.htm
History
DedicationSt. Mary
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseSouthwell and Nottingham
ParishClifton, Nottinghamshire

St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Clifton, Nottinghamshire.

The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

[edit]

The church is medieval. It was restored by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham in 1846, C. Hodgson Fowler in 1874, George Frederick Bodley in 1884,[1] George Pace and Ronald Sims between 1969 and 1979.

Features

[edit]

The reredos formerly at the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham College and much of the decoration is by George Frederick Bodley.

Organ

[edit]

The organ is by Marcussen & Søn of Denmark and was installed in 1973. The organist at this time was Ian Abernethy.

Parsonage

[edit]

The parsonage house was enlarged in 1830 by Henry Moses Wood.[2]

Sources

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Friday 7 November 1884
  2. ^ Colvin, Howard (1995). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. Yale University Press. p. 1072. ISBN 0300060912.