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St George's Church, Orcheston

St George's Church in Orcheston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 1 March 1982, and was vested in the Trust on 30 October 1985. The church is built of flint and has a Norman north door. The door has single columns which are headed by simple scallop-shaped carvings with fan-shaped leaves in the scallops. The short embattled west tower has a tiled pyramidal roof. It contains three bells which were cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough following fire damage to the bells which previously hung there; another source lists four, including a bell from the Salisbury foundry of c.1400. The windows in the nave and Early English chancel and low tower also date from the 13th century. The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. Inside are the Royal Arms of 1636. The font is of a style popular in the 15th century, although it was made in 1833. The funerary hatchment is also from the 1830s. The church was restored in 1833 by Thomas Henry Wyatt, during which the roof of nave was raised. In 1933 the parish of St George was combined with St Mary's, the other church in the village, which continues in use. In 1988 the church was used as a location for the filming of the BBC television series First Born with Charles Dance ringing the church's bells. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England References
St George's Church, Portland

St George's Church is a Church of England church on the Isle of Portland, built between 1754 and 1766 to replace St. Andrew's which had fallen into disuse and was no longer suitable as a place of worship. During the 1960s a restoration of the church took place under the stewardship of a group formed to protect the church. It then came under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, which continues to the present. No longer retained for regular worship, services are nevertheless held twice annually, on St George's Day and Christmas Day. History The history of St. George's Church began in August 1753. A committee of Portlanders was formed to decide whether to put further finances into the dilapidated St. Andrew's Church or to erect a new church at a more accessible position. St. Andrew's suffered from an unstable site and was prone to landslips (notably those on the east side of Portland in 1665 and 1734). Within two months a decision was made, with a survey of the old church finding that repairs would be at least half the cost of a new building. A year after the completion of the church, a house was built nearby for the parish clerk, and this building would become The George Inn. The church was closed in 1914 for many reasons, and fell into further disrepair ever since that time. In the 1960s however, the church fell under the protection of a newly formed group, the 'Friends of St George's Church', who were able to restore the church. Now no longer needed for regular worship, the church is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 16 April 1970, and was vested in the Trust on 27 October 1971. Architecture Designed by architect and quarry merchant Thomas Gilbert, St George's is regarded as one of the most impressive 18th-century churches in Dorset. It is a large church built of Portland stone and has a tower, a nave, transepts, an apse, and a kind of 'abortive dome' over the crossing. The design is reminiscent of the works of Christopher Wren (particularly the tower, in relation to those of St Paul's Cathedral). The windows are arranged in two tiers, all with simple, broad raised frames that lack moulding. It is designated as a Grade I listed building. Gilbert is also believed to be the architect of a number of houses within the local area, including the Grade II* Listed Queen Anne House, his own residence built in the 18th century. See also Grade I listed buildings in Dorset List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England References Citations Sources
St George's Church, Portobello

St George's Church, Portobello, is a former Church of England parish church in the City of Sheffield, England. It is now part of the University of Sheffield and is a lecture theatre and student housing. St George's is the first of three Commissioners' churches to have been built in Sheffield under the Church Building Act 1818. The other two are St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, and St Philip's Church, Netherthorpe (demolished 1951). St George's is a Gothic Revival building designed by the architects Woodhead and Hurst in a Perpendicular Gothic style. It was built at a cost of £15,181 (equivalent to £1,230,000 in 2025), the whole cost being met by the Church Building Commission. The building is 122 feet (37 m) long and 67 feet (20 m) wide and consists of a flat-ceilinged nave with six bays, a single-bay chancel, and a 140 feet (43 m)-high tower. Galleries extended the length of the north and south walls, and there was a two-tiered gallery on the west wall. In total the church could seat 380 people. The foundation stone was laid on 19 July 1821, and the church was consecrated by Archbishop Vernon Harcourt on 29 June 1825. The church was declared redundant and closed in 1981. It stood unused for a number of years until the University of Sheffield acquired it and in 1994 had it converted into a lecture theatre and student accommodation. Prior to this, it had been the last of the Commissioners' churches in Sheffield to retain its original form. It is a Grade II listed building. In 2010 a nest-box was placed on the church rooftop, which is now home to a breeding pair of peregrine falcons that can be seen via live stream webcam. See also Listed buildings in Sheffield List of Commissioners' churches in Yorkshire References
St George's Church, Poynton

St George's Church stands in the centre of the town of Poynton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Cheadle, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is the tallest building in Poynton. History The original church in the town was a chapel-of-ease to St Peter’s, Prestbury, and was in existence by 1312. The present church was built in 1858–59 on a site nearer to the town centre to a design by J. S. Crowther. It was consecrated in February 1859 by the Bishop of Chester. It became a separate parish in its own right in 1871. The steeple, designed by J. Medland Taylor and Henry Taylor, was added in 1884–85. In 1998 the interior of the church was re-ordered. Architecture Exterior St George's is constructed in yellow rubble stone from the Hig Lane quarry, and has dressings in stone from Lyme Handley. It is roofed in slate. The plan consists of a nave with a six-bay clerestory, north and south five-bay aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a steeple at the southeast corner. The tower has buttresses and an octagonal stair turret, and is surmounted by a broached spire with lucarnes. In the top stage are double louvred bell openings. Along the sides of the aisles are two-light windows, and along the clerestory are alternate two-light and circular windows. At the west end of the nave are two narrow lancet windows, above which is a sexfoil rose window. The east window has four lights containing Geometric tracery. Interior Inside the church is a three-bay arcade carried on octagonal piers. In the chancel are a stone sedilia and piscina. The stained glass in the east and southeast windows is by O'Connor (probably Arthur). At the east end of the north aisle is a window dating from about 1866 by John Adam Heaton. A window in the southwest of the church dating from about 1935 was designed by Edwin Wright, and commemorates the Mothers' Union. The two-manual organ was built in 1972 by Smethurst of Manchester, replacing a three-manual 19th-century organ by Nicholson and Lord that had been rebuilt by Austin Jones of Pendleton in 1925. There is a ring of six bells, all cast in 1887 by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. There is a further, unused, bell dating from 1835 by Thomas Mears II at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. External features The churchyard contains Poynton’s War Memorial Cross and the war graves of ten British service personnel, three from World War I and seven from World War II. See also Listed buildings in Poynton with Worth List of works by J. S. Crowther References
St George's Church, Shimpling

St George's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Shimpling, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands at the end of a short lane to the south of the village. History The lower part of the tower and the nave date from the 12th century. During the following century an octagonal top was added to the tower and the chancel was built.[A] In the 15th century the original windows in the nave were replaced. The chancel roof was replaced in 1633. The church was restored between 1867 and 1874 by E. C. Lee. During the restoration a small spire was added to the top of the tower, and the north porch was replaced. The church closed in 1987. Architecture Exterior St George's is constructed in flint with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Parts of the exterior have been rendered. The porch is timber-framed with brick nogging and carved bargeboards. The plan of the church is simple, consisting of a nave with a north porch, a chancel and a west tower. The lower part of the tower is round and the upper part is octagonal. In the upper part are bell openings on each of the four cardinal faces, with similar but blank windows on the faces between. On top of the tower is a lead-covered spirelet. The windows in the chancel are Early English with Y-tracery, and those in the nave are in Perpendicular style. Interior The tie beam of the chancel roof is inscribed with the date 1633 and initials. The benches in the nave are a mixture; some carved with poppyheads (and one with pierced tracery) date from the 15th century, and the rest are from the 19th century. Under the tower arch are the remains of a screen. The font dates from the 15th century. Its octagonal bowl is carved with the symbols of the Four Evangelists, alternating with angels holding the Instruments of the Passion. Beneath the bowl are more angels, and the stem is surrounded by carved lions. All the furniture in the chancel is Victorian, and in the chancel is a dropped sill below the south window which acts as a sedilia. Although much of the stained glass has been destroyed, some dating from the late 13th or early 14th century in the chancel, and from the 15th century in the north nave windows, is still present. Until 1920 there was a ring of four bells, three of which remain. Two of the remaining bells date from 1552, the third was recast in 1658 and the fourth was sold in 1920, recorded as "cracked beyond the memory of man". See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England Notes A There is an alternative theory on the dating of the tower, which argues that the tower was built as a whole in the 14th century. (Hart, Stephen (2003), The Round Church Towers of England, Lucas Books) quoted in. References External links Norfolk Churches: Photographs of the exterior and interior
St George's Church, Stamford

St George's Church is a Grade I listed building in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. History A major benefactor of the church was William Bruges (1375–1450), the first Garter King of Arms who is buried in the church. St George's claims to be the original church of the Order of the Garter. Originally the chancel contained a series of seven windows containing portraits of the Knights of the Garter, but little remains apart from a collection of garter panes in the north chancel window and a few fragments in the south window including the centre panes of St Catherine and St Anne. The roof of the chancel with decorative angels was also the gift of Bruges. The central angels on each side carry on their shields the "Signs of the Passion", the pierced heart, and wounded hands and feet of Christ. There are numerous memorial tablets adorning the inside of the church including one commemorating Tobie Norris (d. 1626) after whom a Stamford pub is named, Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet, and Blanche, Lady Wake (d. 1379). In the south aisle, there is a Hugh Arnold stained glass window (1909) to the memory of architect John Charles Traylen. The church's tower was probably built in the early 13th century when the first rector was ordained and is mostly original except for the top section, which was rebuilt in the 17th century. The nave has some of the original 13th-century columns as well as 14th- and 15th-century expansions. The interior of the church was subject to Victorian restoration when pews were removed, a new pulpit built, and the floor was re-laid. In 1949 Bowman & Sons supplied a George & Dragon figure by Mahomet Thomas Phillips for the church's Second World War memorial. Rectory The Rectory is located at 16, St George's Square. Dating from 1881, it was designed by Edward Browning. Incumbents Martyn Taylor, the current rector, served as curate at the church between 1996 and 2003 before becoming rector. Source: Commemorative plaque on the church wall References External links St George's Church Website
Stockton Road United Reformed Church

Stockton Road United Reformed Church (formerly St George's with Trinity and St James Church (abbreviated to St George's)) is a United Reformed church in the Ashbrooke area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally a Presbyterian church, it was constructed by John Bennie Wilson of Glasgow in 1888–90, to replace a former chapel on Villiers Street which was too small for the congregation. Much of the funding was provided by a local shipowner, (later Sir) Robert Appleby Bartram, who laid the foundation stone on 7 February 1889. The church was constructed of red sandstone from Dumfries and modelled upon Crescent Church, Belfast. In 2007 the congregation merged with the former West Park United Reformed Church, and from 2014 chose to use the St. George's building and sell the West Park building. References
St George's Cricket Ground

St George's Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Telford, Shropshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1957, when Shropshire played the Derbyshire Second XI in the ground's first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1957 to present, the ground has hosted 20 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has also held List-A matches. The first List-A match Shropshire played a Yorkshire side that included Geoffrey Boycott in the 1984 NatWest Trophy; a match Shropshire famously won by 37 runs. From 1984 to 2000, the ground held 7 List-A matches, the last of which saw Shropshire play Somerset in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In local domestic cricket, St George's Cricket Ground is the home ground of St.Georges Cricket Club, founded in 1922, whose forerunner was St.Georges Bible Class C.C. Today, St. Georges fields four Saturday sides and has a junior section which accepts children from school year 2. References External links St George's Cricket Ground on CricketArchive St George's Cricket Ground on Cricinfo
St George's Fields, Westminster

St George's Fields are a former burial ground of St George's, Hanover Square, lying between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road in Tyburnia deconsecrated and sold off by the Church Commissioners in the 1970s to be built upon by The Utopian Housing Association, a housing trust. The architects, Design 5, used a ziggurat style of building (similar to the Brunswick Centre by Patrick Hodgkinson), retaining much of the open space whilst creating 300 dwellings. Parts of the double walls surrounding the burial ground - reputedly designed to frustrate grave robbers - have been preserved along with a number of tombstones. The burial ground was also used for years as an archery ground, hence the nearby Archery Close and one of the new buildings being called Archery Steps. The estate is now in private ownership although the grounds of St George's Fields are opened to the public once a year under the London Garden Square Scheme when one of London's oldest plane trees, with a girth of over 18 ft (5.5 m), may be seen set amongst the other trees. Although the buildings on the estate are not listed they have been included within the Bayswater Road Conservation Area established by the City of Westminster to preserve the amenities of this historic area. Within ten minutes walk is London Paddington station, and the nearest London Underground stations are Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate on the Central line, and Edgware Road station on the Circle, District, and Hammersmith & City lines. Post Code to look up location on either GPS or a map is W2 2YE. References
St George’s Hall w Bradford

St George’s Hall w Bradford – wiktoriańska sala koncertowa z połowy XIX wieku zlokalizowana w angielskim mieście Bradford w hrabstwie West Yorkshire przy Bridge Street, w pobliżu dworca kolejowego Bradford Interchange. Stanowi zabytek stopnia II*. Historia Sala została zbudowana w latach 1851–1853 z inicjatywy burmistrza Bradford, Samuela Smitha. Była pomyślana jako miejsce, w którym mieszkańcy miasta mogli mieć kontakt z najlepszej jakości muzyką i rozrywką. Zaprojektowali ją Henry Francis Lockwood i William Mawson. W historii obiektu wystąpili w nim m.in.: Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dizzie Gillespie, Paul Robeson, Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thornton, Bronski Beat, Erasure, Sandi Toksvig, Alan Carr, David Bowie, Marc Bolan z T. Rex, Freddie Mercury z Queen (pierwsza światowa trasa koncertowa), Metallica, Bon Jovi, Take That, Bastille, Courteeners, Mumford & Sons, Paul Weller, Jools Holland & Morrissey, Sarah Millican, Jimmy Carr, Billy Connolly i Jason Manford. W latach 2016–2019 sala była remontowana. Mieści obecnie 1500 osób. Podczas gali ponownego otwarcia wystąpili m.in. Beverley Knight, Sarah Millican, Collabro i Escala. Oprócz artystów muzycznych budynek gościł m.in. Charlesa Dickensa, Winstona Churchilla i Harry’ego Houdiniego. Architektura Budowa sali była pierwszym dużym zamówieniem publicznym spółki Lockwooda i Mawsona. Obiekt ma formę późnoklasycystycznej świątyni. Wykonano go z ciosów piaskowcowych pozyskanych z kamieniołomów w pobliżu Leeds. Parter, traktowany jako wysokie podium, jest boniowany, podkreślony profilowanym gzymsem, w które wkomponowane są imposty. Okna antresoli flankują duże, karbowane konsole z girlandami, które jednocześnie podtrzymują pełne belkowanie. Frontowy portyk reprezentuje porządek kompozytowy z pilastrami w narożach. Elewacja w granicach portyku jest dziewięcioosiowa. Silnie akcentowane jest naroże budynku. Galeria Przypisy
Doncaster Minster

Das dem hl. Georg (St George) geweihte Doncaster Minster in der mittelenglischen Großstadt Doncaster in der Grafschaft (county) South Yorkshire ist die Hauptpfarrkirche der Stadt und gehört zur Diözese Sheffield der Church of England. Im Jahr 1950 wurde der architektonisch sehr einheitlich gestaltete Kirchenbau als Grade-I-Baudenkmal eingestuft; 2004 erhielt er den offiziellen Status eines Minsters. Lage Das Doncaster Minster liegt im Zentrum der am Fluss Don gelegenen Stadt in einer Höhe von ca. 23 m. Nächstgelegene Großstadt ist die etwa 32 km südwestlich gelegene Industriestadt Sheffield. Geschichte Die spätgotische Vorgängerkirche fiel am 28. Februar 1853 einem Brand zum Opfer. In den Jahren 1854 bis 1858 entstand – unter weitgehender Beibehaltung der Maße des Vorgängerbaus – der heutige, vom Architekten George Gilbert Scott in den Stilformen des Historismus entworfene Kirchenneubau. Architektur Die dreischiffige und mit einem Querhaus versehene Kirche ist im Aufriss zweigeschossig und hat – wie die meisten englischen Kirchen – einen geraden Chorschluss. Während das Mittelschiff von einem Holzgewölbe überspannt wird, haben die über Arkadenbögen angebundenen Seitenschiffe nur Flachdecken über Schwibbögen. Im Äußeren besonders markant, aber auch im Innern deutlich hervorgehoben, ist der Laternenturm über der Vierung. Alle Fenster haben – im Gegensatz zum Vorgängerbau – Maßwerk im kurvilinearen Decorated Style. Ausstattung Von der alten Ausstattung der Kirche ist nichts mehr erhalten. Die im Jahr 1862 eingebaute Orgel ist ein Werk der Orgelbauerfamilie Schulze in Paulinzella, Thüringen. Siehe auch Kathedralen und Minsters im Vereinigten Königreich Literatur Raymond Chapman und Bob Fitzharris: Doncaster Minster. The Parish Church of St. George. RJL Smith & Ass. 2008, ISBN 978-0-9552580-6-0. J. E. Jackson: The History and Description of St. George’s Church at Doncaster. J. B. Nichols & Sons 1855 Weblinks Doncaster Minster – Website (englisch)
Chiesa di San Giorgio di Doncaster (Doncaster Minster)

La chiesa di San Giorgio o Doncaster Minster (in inglese Church of Saint George; Doncaster Minster) è una chiesa di Doncaster. Storia Originariamente sul sito sorgeva una grande chiesa normanna con annessa un'importante biblioteca, risalenti al XII secolo, che però furono distrutte da un incendio nel febbraio 1853. L'attuale edificio è stato progettato dall'architetto George Gilbert Scott nel 1853, per sostituire la chiesa antica andata distrutta, e i lavori si sono protratti dal 1854 al 1858, costando circa £48 000 sterline moderne. Fu consacrata il 14 ottobre 1858 dall'arcivescovo di York, Thomas Musgrave. La chiesa parrocchiale di San Giorgio ha ottenuto nel 2004 il titolo di Minster, propriamente monastero, ma oggi di fatto il rango più elevato nella Chiesa anglicana per una chiesa non cattedrale, non essendo praticamente più concesso il rango di collegiata dal XIX secolo quando furono abolite le giurisdizioni esenti escluse le poche già esistenti (ossia chiese palatine legate alla famiglia reale britannica e quelle legate alle Università di Oxford e Cambridge), una delle due sole chiese ad avere tale titolo nella diocesi di Sheffield. Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su cattedrale di San Giorgio Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su doncasterminster.co.uk.
St George's School, Birmingham

St George's School Edgbaston is a non-selective private day school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England for girls and boys aged 11 to 18. It is located near St George's Church and consists of a lower school, an upper school and a sixth form. History St George's School was founded as a charitable trust in 1999 as a result of the merger of two schools: Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls, founded in 1886 and Edgbaston College Preparatory School, founded at the end of the nineteenth century. The school is situated one mile from the centre of Birmingham and occupies a six-acre site. The school has a Christian foundation which aims to embrace Christian values in everything the students do. Its ethos statement recognises that the school community reflects the multi-cultural diversity of Birmingham and that this has a significant influence on the way the school applies its Christian values. School Organisation It is divided into the lower school, including the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for the youngest children, and the upper school, including the sixth form. References External links Official website Profile on the ISC website