St Paul's Church, Daybrook

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The Church of St. Paul is a parish church in the Church of England, located on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, Nottingham.[1] The parish includes St Timothy church centre.
St Paul's church is a Grade II* listed building[2] by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

History

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Inside the spire of St Paul's Church

St. Paul's Church was designed by the architect John Loughborough Pearson between 1892 and 1896[3] and its construction began during May 1893 under the direction of J W Woodsend.[4] Excluding the spire and tower – which were added in 1897[5] – the church was finished in December 1895[4] and consecrated on 4 February 1896 in honour of Paul the Apostle,[4] who is depicted on the stained glass of the windows.[4] The cost of building the church was £26,000 (equivalent to £Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation-year)Template:Inflation-fn and was paid for by Sir Charles Seely.[2]

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Stained glass

The stained glass windows are by Clayton and Bell.[2] They illustrate the life and works of Saint Paul.[4]

Bells

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The third bell, plus the wheels of the treble and second below it

There are eight bells in the tower cast by Mears and Stainbank in London in 1897.[6]

Organ

The organ was built by Augustus Gern in 1896.[7] It is a two-manual instrument of twenty-four stops situated in the north chancel aisle[7] and its oaken case is delicately carved and traceried.[7]

List of organists

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See also

References

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Sources

  • The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, 1951, Nikolaus Pevsner
  • Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Building listing information.

External links

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