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Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe

The Church of the Holy Trinity is the Anglican parish church for Ilfracombe in Devon. The building has been a Grade I listed building since 1951 and comes under the Diocese of Exeter. Architecture Standing on the site of a Saxon church, the Norman church was enlarged to its present size in 1322, and the tower was incorporated inside the building. Built of mostly random rubble slate walls, some rendered, with limestone dressings, the church has one of the finest wagon-roofs in the West Country dating from the 15th-century which is richly carved with bosses, angels, figures and five Green Men in a row. At the East end of the nave above the former rood screen is a ceilure or Glory, with three bays enriched by cross-ribs and much decoration. The chancel ceiling was modernized by George Fellowes Prynne in 1899. The square baptismal font is Norman of about 1160 and is decorated with three rosettes and ears of wheat on each face with a scalloped underside. It was moved to its present position in 1861 during the 1861–1864 restoration by John Hayward. The Elizabethan pulpit has arched columns and panels containing floral motifs. The lychgate and the vestry date from 1894 and are by Henry Wilson, the best pupil of J. D. Sedding. The first recorded Rector was Oliver de Tracey in 1263, which is also the approximate date of the first stone building on the site. Little remains of this church, ordered to be enlarged in 1321 by Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter when the nave was lengthened and the aisles added. The tower is 14th-century and is the oldest part of the building: it is low, single stage and very plain with a pointed north door, a lancet window and a low unmoulded arch opening into the nave. It is located in a north transeptal position, frequent in early North Devon churches. The north and south aisles are separated from the nave and chancel by eight bays of chamfered arches, four on each side on stunted octagonal piers; these are mid-to late 14th-century, while a piscina of the same date can be found in the chancel. The nave roof rests on stone corbels representing mythical beasts. The chapel in the north of the chancel is early 15th-century, while the aisle windows are from the Perpendicular Period. In the early 15th-century a North chapel was added. The stained glass is 19th-century and includes examples by Kempe (window in North aisle); Hardman (East window); Willement (south aisle East window) and Ballantyne (Stabb Memorial window). The church has numerous monuments. There is a small brass cross which commemorates six men of the parish who died during World War I. In the churchyard is buried Anna Catherine Parnell, the Irish nationalist and younger sister of Charles Stewart Parnell. Also in the churchyard are buried 19 British servicemen who died during World War I and whose graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) along with those of two Belgian Foreign Nationals. References External links Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe - A Church Near You - Church of England website Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe - 'Visit Ilfracombe' website
Midland Bank, Poultry

The Midland Bank, 27-35 Poultry stands on Poultry in the City of London. It was built between 1924 and 1929 as the headquarters offices of the Midland Bank. The architect was Edwin Lutyens. A Grade I listed building, its Historic England record describes it as one of Lutyens' "finest urban buildings". It is now a hotel, The Ned, named in Lutyens' honour. History and description The Birmingham and Midland Bank was founded by Charles Geach in Birmingham in 1836. In under a century, through a long series of amalgamations, and the establishment of a successful overseas business, it had become the largest bank in the world. Renamed the Midland Bank in 1923, in 1924 it commissioned a new headquarters building on Poultry in the City of London. The architect was Edwin Lutyens. The first building was completed by 1929, but Lutyens returned to undertake a major expansion between 1935 and 1937. Following the Midland's financial decline in the late 20th century, it was absorbed into HSBC in 1992 and the Poultry headquarters was vacated and subsequently sold. The building was repurposed, and opened as a hotel, named "The Ned" in Lutyens' honour, in 2017. The building's restoration, a partnership between Soho House and the Sydell Hotels Group, has drawn praise from both architectural critics and travel writers. Lutyens' connection to the Midland Bank came through Reginald McKenna, a senior politician who became the bank's chairman in 1919. McKenna was married to a niece of Gertrude Jekyll, Lutyens' long-time collaborator, and Lutyens had been commissioned to design the McKenna's London townhouse, Mulberry House, in Smith Square in 1912. On McKenna's accession to the chairmanship of the Midland, he engaged Lutyens to design the bank's new headquarters. The building is listed at Grade I by Historic England, which considers it one of Lutyens' "finest urban buildings". Footnotes References
Bury St Edmunds Guildhall

Bury St Edmunds Guildhall is a municipal building in the Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The building currently operates as a heritage centre and also serves as the meeting place for Bury St Edmunds Town Council. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Guildhall is one of the largest and most impressive secular medieval buildings in the country, and a rare survival of a civic building from this period. The building, which was built with financial support from the wealthy Bury St Edmunds Abbey, dates back to 1220. The Bury Chronicle records that John of Cobham and Walter de Heliun visited the guildhall in 1279. The oldest part is the thirteenth-century stone entrance arch, within the highly decorative porch was added in the late 15th century. Its unique roof structure combines East Anglian queen posts with king posts and has been attributed to the fifteenth century, although some suggest it is midfourteenth century. Many timbers are covered in yellow ochre, usually a sixteenth-century feature. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the late 1530s, the guildhall passed to the control of the town of Bury St Edmunds. During the nineteenth century the Guildhall housed the West Suffolk Library, in which room the first Quarterly General Meeting of the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute was held in 1848. During the Second world War the Royal Observer Corps established a control centre in the guildhall. The town council moved its administrative offices to a new building called Borough Offices at 7 Angel Hill in 1935. Council meetings continued to be held at the Guildhall until 1966, when a new council chamber was built in an extension to the Borough Offices. The condition of the Guildhall then deteriorated and it was placed in the Heritage At Risk register in the 1980s. In July 2015 the Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust launched a project to convert the guildhall into a heritage centre. The project was undertaken at a cost of £2 million, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the works, which involved access improvements and a new lift as well as repairs to the roof, walls and ceilings, were completed in 2018. The project enabled visitors to see the newly refurbished courtroom, the banqueting hall, the Royal Observer Corps operations room and the Tudor kitchen. In 2019, dating of the roof and entrance door was requested by Historic England to inform on-going restoration work. Eighteen timbers were sampled from the roof, showing likely felling dates between AD 1263 and 1376. Two of the samples still had complete sapwood and were felled in the winter of AD 1376/77, implying that construction of the roof took place in AD 1377 or soon thereafter. The door boards were made from oak imported from the Baltic region, three samples indicating felling between AD 1253 and 1439, with the latest possible date of AD 1461. In 2020, the town council moved its meeting place back to the Guildhall and its offices to the adjoining building to the rear at 79 Whiting Street, leasing both from the heritage centre. References
St George's Church, Modbury

St George’s Church, Modbury is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Modbury, Devon. History The church was formerly a dependency of Modbury Priory. The main parts of the church date from the early 14th century It was said to have been struck by lightening in 1621 and rebuilt but it retains the style of its early 14th century predecessor accurately. The tower has angle buttresses and a broach spire believed to have been rebuilt as a copy of the original after 1621. The nave has a wagon roof, as do the aisles and transepts, the Lady Chapel, the Vestry, and the chancel. Dendrochronological analysis suggest the church was reroofed in the sixteenth century. Between 1923 and 1925 restoration works were undertaken on the stonework and the spire. The large west window had several portions of perished stone repaired. A new oak reredos designed by Harbottle Reed of Exeter with a painting of the Crucifixion was installed. The spire was restored in 1938. The church was placed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register in 2013 with concerns about roof damage and damp. A 2015 Heritage Lottery Fund grant led to an extensive programme of roof repairs and restoration. Memorials The church contains memorials to the Champernowne and Prideaux families. There is also an acrostic tombstone to Oliver Hill of Shillston, dated 1563. Organ The organ was built by Forster and Andrews of Hull and installed in 1873. It comprises 2 manuals and pedals with 17 speaking stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Bells The ring of six bells was recast in 1806 by Thomas Castleman Bilbie with a tenor weight of 892 kilograms (1,967 lb). They sound in the key of E flat. As part of the tower and spire restoration in the 1930s, the bells were rehung on a new frame at a cost of £300. The ring was dedicated by the Bishop of Exeter on 29 January 1936 with a muffled peal in respect to the recent death of King George V. Clock In 1705, Ambrose Hawkins of Exeter made a turret clock for the church. It is very similar to the clock preserved in St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth. References
St David's Church, Ashprington

St David's Church in Ashprington, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade I listed building. Building The original church was Norman, and traces of this remain in the 12th century sandstone font and fragments of a Norman mask reused on the inside of the porch. Most of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century, except for the tower which is of 13th or 14th century construction. Restorations were carried out in 1845, 1865 (by Thomas Lidstone of Dartmouth), and 1886. The building is built of local stone rubble with red sandstone dressings and 19th century Bathstone windows. Current day The nearest town is Totnes and St David's Church is part of the Totnes Mission Community. The church is open to the public most days, and is used by a local community choir. References External links St David's Church, Ashprington website Entry on A Church Near You
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering

St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church in Kettering, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building. History Little is known of the origins of the church, its first known priest becoming rector in 1219–20. The chancel is in the Early Decorated style of about 1300, the main fabric of the building being mostly Perpendicular, having been rebuilt in the mid 15th century. The crocketed spire reaches a height of 179 feet (55 metres). Whether the current building replaced an earlier church on the site is unknown. Two medieval wall paintings, one of two angels with feathered wings, and one of a now faded saint, can still be seen inside the church. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Kettering. Organ The organ was rebuilt by Kenneth Canter of Bury St Edmunds in a case of 1892/3 by Arthur Blomfield. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Bells The peal of 12 bells dates from 2004 and was cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London. Carvings The statues of St Peter and St Paul above the North Door were carved by local author and publisher J. L. Carr to replace carvings destroyed in the Reformation. A service of dedication was held for the carvings on Sunday 7 October 1984. Anecdotal Stories During the war, fighter pilots would look out for the towering spire - higher than anything around, to navigate to the local airbase at Grafton Underwood. With nothing else even close to the height, it was seen as the ideal marker for pilots to aim for. References
St Mary Magdalene, Geddington

St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England church in Geddington, Northamptonshire, England. It is a grade I listed building. In 2017 it was wrongly thought to be the Shrine of Hagius until the belief was found to be based on an error in transcription. The east windows were created by Sir Ninian Comper. He also designed windows for Westminster Abbey and the entirety of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wellingborough, amongst many others. The central East window was created in the early part of his illustrious career while the South East window is much later, and there are vast changes in style in the intervening 50 years. References External links Official website
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ashley

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Ashley, Northamptonshire. History The church is of 13th-century origin and is made of local Northamptonshire ironstone and limestone. It is Grade I listed. The church is known for its tower and broach spire. The Revd Richard Pulteney refurbished and restored the church, under the guidance of Sir George Gilbert Scott, in 1864–1866. Pulteney also built a school and a schoolmaster's house. The main part of the church was refurnished and restored with hand-carved, oak pews, pulpit and priest's desk. The pews are decorated with foliate carvings. The church has a marble, alabaster, semi-precious stone and gold leaf decorated chancel designed by Clayton and Bell, who also designed the stained-glass windows. The church has been described by Historic England as "an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic style at its height". There is a painted barrel ceiling which is like the ceiling at Peterborough Cathedral. The church also has some chandeliers made by George Bodley. References
All Saints' Church, Hillesden

All Saints’ Church, Hillesden is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Hillesden, Buckinghamshire. History The church tower dates from the 15th century. The rest was rebuilt by the monks of Notley Abbey starting in 1493. It is built on a cruciform plan with aisles, north porch, chapel to north side of the chancel and an octagonal staircase on the outside of the north side which gives access to a vestry and above it a private chapel. The south porch door was formerly in Hillesden House. It retains the bullet holes from the English Civil War when the village was attacked by Parliamentary Forces. It was restored between 1874 and 1875 by George Gilbert Scott. He had been born in the nearby village of Gawcott and this building was one of the inspirations for his interest in Gothic architecture. He restored it for free. It was reopened on 16 June 1875. The roofs were replaced and a ceiling inserted with oak panels and mouldings. The old seats were restored and new ones made to match. The pulpit was remodelled. The screen was restored and installed to separate the chantry from the transepts. The Denton tomb in the chancel was repaired. The stained glass windows were relaid by Burlison and Grylls and a new window inserted which depicts the story of the parables. It was restored again in the 1960s. Incumbents The names of the Minister or Curates from the time of the rebuilding of All Saints in 1493 are not all recorded for the church was appropriated in 1162 to Notley Abbey being served by a Monk or Canon of Notley up to the earliest recorded Curate in 1526. All Saints was administered by the Diocese of Lincoln from records commencing 1902 to 1837, and thereafter by the Diocese of Oxford. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Hillesden was first granted to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford in 1542, and subsequently to the new foundation created by King Henry VIII in 1546. The Vicarage at Hillesden was rebuilt in 1869 and thereafter the ministers of All Saints were styled Vicars. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with: St Cecilia's Church, Adstock Holy Trinity Church, Gawcott St Mary the Virgin's Church, Padbury Stained glass Memorials Catharine Denton (d.1733) Dr William Denton (d. 1691) George Woodward (d. 1735) Alexander Denton (d. 1576) Elizabeth Denton (d. 1667) Thomas Isham (d. 1676) Godfrey Boate (d. 1722) Mary Rowe, Viscountess of Hillsborough (d. 1742) Organ The pipe organ dates from 1970 and was built by George Osmund. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
St. Paul de Leon (Staverton)

St. Paul de Leon ist eine anglikanische Pfarrkirche der Church of England in Staverton, einer kleinen Ortschaft westlich von Torquay in Devon. Die Kirche ist als Kulturdenkmal der Kategorie Grade I eingestuft. Geschichte Die zu Ehren des heiligen Paulinus Aurelianus, dem ersten Bischof von Saint-Pol-de-Léon in der Bretagne, geweihte Kirche entstand zu Beginn des 14. Jahrhunderts. Ein Vorgängerbau soll durch den Heiligen selber in Staverton bereits im 6. Jahrhundert errichtet worden sein, welcher in normannischer Zeit durch eine neue Kirche ersetzt wurde. Dieses Gotteshaus wurde durch den Bischof Walter Stapeldon im Jahr 1314 als so baufällig angesehen, dass er einen Neubau veranlasste. Diese gotische Kirche wurde bereits im 15. Jahrhundert weitgehend umgebaut. Im Jahr 1877 erfolgte eine Renovierung im Geschmack des Viktorianischen Zeitalters. Architektur Die Kirche ist eine dreischiffige Hallenkirche mit hölzernen Decken und drei parallelen Dächern. Diese Bauform ist typisch für die Grafschaft Devon, in der es fast 250 Hallenkirchen gibt. Die Seitenschiffe haben hölzerne Tonnengewölbe, im Mittelschiff blickt man teilweise in den Dachstuhl. Der Chorraum ragt um wenige Meter weiter nach Osten als die Seitenschiffe und schließt gerade. Der gerade Chorschluss ist an gotischen Kirchen in England allgemein üblich. Der Westturm ist dem Mittelschiff vorgesetzt. Der Zugang erfolgt über eine zweigeschossige südliche Vorhalle. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Staverton Church – Pfarrseite Ostansicht in Google Streetview
Igreja de Santa Maria (Berry Pomeroy)

A Igreja de Santa Maria é a igreja paroquial anglicana de Berry Pomeroy, em Devon . É um edifício listado como Grau I. Vigários da Igreja de Santa Maria Vigários da Igreja de Santa Maria, Berry Pomeroy: John Prince (1681-1723) Joseph Fox (1723-1789) John Edwards (1789-1834) Edward Brown (1834-1843) William Burrough Cosens (1843-1861) Arthur J. Everett (1861-1896) Henry Stewart Prinsep (1896–1908), sobrinho de Susan St Maur, duquesa de Somerset Referências
Church of St Margaret, Heveningham

The Church of St Margaret is a Church of England parish church in Heveningham, Suffolk. The church is a grade I listed building. History The churches dates to the Medieval period. The chancel dates to the 14th century. The tower dates to the 15th century. The double hammerbeam nave roof dates to the early 16th century. The church was restored from 1847 to 1966. On 7 December 1966, the church was designated a Grade I listed building. Present day St Margaret's is part of the Benefice of Heveningham with Ubbeston, Huntingfield and Cookley in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Notable burials The church contains an oak tomb of Sir John Haveningham. Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Traill, senior RAF officer, is buried in the churchyard. Mary Shelton, suspected mistress of King Henry VIII, is buried in the churchyard. References External links A Church Near You entry
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cookley

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of England parish church in Cookley, Suffolk. The church is a grade I listed building. History The church is medieval, with the tower dating to the 12th century. The nave is mainly 12th century with 15th-century windows, while the chancel likely dates to the 14th century. The church was altered in 1894 during the Victorian restoration. On 7 December 1966, the church was designated a Grade I listed building. Present day St Michael's is part of the Benefice of Heveningham with Ubbeston, Huntingfield and Cookley in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. As the parish rejects the ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Richborough (currently Norman Banks). Interior The original 15th Century rood screen was discovered in the 1930's by Munro Cautley, later diocesan surveyor for St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, making up part of a chicken shed in Huntingfield he brought it back to the church and it is now bolted to the wall on the south side of the chancel arch. A typical 15th Century East Anglian font with angels holding shields alternating with lions around the bowl stands at the West end of nave. Bells The church has a ring of 3 bells, two were cast by John Taylor & Co in 1893 the other by Thomas Gardiner of Sudbury in 1720. The tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers. References External links Media related to St Michael, Cookley at Wikimedia Commons A Church Near You entry
Nether Winchendon House

Nether Winchendon House is a manor house in Nether Winchendon, in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. History It was built on the site of an Augustinian priory that was a daughter house of Notley Abbey in Long Crendon. Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford bought and largely remodelled the priory in the 16th century. In late 1771 the manor was bequeathed to Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet on the death of his cousin. He had served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay, where his uncompromising policies were instrumental in the events leading to the American Revolution. The house is still owned by the family. The house and gardens are open to the public and the house is noted for its interior and is a grade I listed building. Filming location It was used as a filming location of Agatha Christie's Marple's Ordeal by Innocence in 2007. It was also one of the filming locations for Lenny Henry's 1990's BBC sitcom Chef!. The house was also featured in The Nest. Nether Winchendon House also hosts weddings. References External links Official website