St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park

St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park, is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

. It is located in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

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History

St. Mary's Wollaton Park was designed by the architect Thomas Cecil Howitt

Thomas Cecil Howitt

Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE an eminent British provincial architect of the 20th Century, was born on 6 June 1889, at Hucknall, near Nottingham....

 and opened in 1939.

The churches were originally served by curates from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:...

, but in 1957 it became a parish church in its own right.

Features

It contains a font which is modelled on the twelfth century one from Lenton Priory

Lenton Priory

Lenton Priory was a Cluniac house founded by William Peverel in the early 12th century. The exact date of foundation is unknown but 1102 is frequently quoted.-Cluniac Priory:...

 now in Holy Trinity Church, Lenton

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:...

.

Organ

The organ was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd

J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd

J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd is a British firm of organ builders established in 1828 by Joseph William Walker in London. Walker organs were popular additions to churches during the Gothic Revival era of church building and restoration in Victorian Britain, and instruments built by Walker are found in...

 in 1938. The instrument has been erected in a divided position at the west end of the church, the detached console being placed at rear of the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel.

Organists

• Dennis Marriot 1938-1941 from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
  Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
  Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:...
  
  
• Mr. Towlson 1942
• Mr. Whitehead 1943-1951
• Mr. Williams 1952
• Mr. Baker 1953-1956
• David Reynolds 1957-1965
• P.L. Noble 1965
• Mr. Kirk 1966-1968
• Peter Price 1968-1974
• Mr. Welton 1974
• Mr. Beck 1974-
• Mrs. C. Smith 1977
• Mr. D Laregrove 1981

External links

• See St. Mary's Church on Google Street View

Source

• The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
  Nikolaus Pevsner
  Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...