page_title: Robert Mawer
section_title: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gomersal, 1850-1851
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Mawer / Works / Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gomersal, 1850-1851
caption_attribution_description: English: The Parish Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Gomersal, Porch, near to Gomersal, Kirklees, Great Britain.
context_page_description: Robert Mawer was an architectural sculptor, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He specialised in the Gothic Revival and Neoclassical styles. He created the Neoclassical keystone heads on St George's Hall, Bradford and on Moorland's House, Leeds, and was working on the keystone heads at Leeds Town Hall when he died. He was a founding member of the Mawer Group of Leeds architectural sculptors, which included his wife, Catherine Mawer, his son Charles Mawer, and his apprentices William Ingle, Matthew Taylor and Benjamin Payler, who all became sculptors with their own careers. Many of the buildings enhanced with sculpture by Robert Mawer are now listed by Historic England.
context_section_description: This building is Grade II listed. It was designed by John Dobson of Leeds. The foundation stone was laid on 1 January 1850. Robert Mawer executed the pulpit, font and reredos.
  "The chancel arch has moulded piers and capitals, having carved on them, on the north side, emblems of the Passion, and on the south, Angels carrying musical instruments ... The pulpit, font and reredos are of Caen stone, carved by Mr Mawer of Leeds, of whose work, as it is unnecessary to speak, so it is impossible to speak too highly ...The reredos contains five compartments, within which will be emblazoned the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments." (Leeds Intelligencer, 1 February 1851)
  
  At the consecration on Tuesday 25 March 1851, the Leeds Intelligencer remarked: 
  "The font and Reredos screen are of Caen stone, of most elaborate design (but the carving of the screen is not yet completed); these are from the chisel of that master of his art, Mr. Robert Mawer, of Leeds."
  The English Heritage listing description includes the following: 
  "[Exterior:] Openwork parapet and tall crocketted pinnacles on corbel brackets of figure heads and beasts. Gargoyles ... Interior: 6-bay arcade of double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Moulded chancel arch on clustered piers with capitals of carved angels. Carved stone reredos with crocketted heads and pinnacles with crests. Carved stone font."
  The building was completely refurbished internally in 2003.
   Media related to St Mary the Virgin, Gomersal at Wikimedia Commons
caption: Porch with label stops
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