Holy Spirit Church, Newtown
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Holy Spirit Church, Newtown is a parish church
in the Church of England
located in Newtown, Isle of Wight
.
, and was built on the site of a ruined medieval chapel. Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner
described the church as 'the finest early nineteenth century church on the Island'.
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...
located in Newtown, Isle of Wight
Newtown, Isle of Wight
Newtown is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England. In medieval times it was a thriving borough.Newtown is located on the large natural harbour on the Island's north-western coast, now mostly a National Nature Reserve owned and managed by the National Trust.The Caul Bourne stream running...
.
History
The church dates from 1835 by the architect A. F. LivesayA. F. Livesay
Augustus Frederick Livesay , known professionally as A. F. Livesay, was an architect based in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, England.-Life and work:...
, and was built on the site of a ruined medieval chapel. Architectural historian 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...
described the church as 'the finest early nineteenth century church on the Island'.