St. Paul's Church, Daybrook
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St. Paul's Church, Daybrook is a parish church
in the Church of England
in Daybrook
, Nottingham
.
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.
between 1892 and 1896 at a cost of £26,000 (£ as of ),. The spire rises to a height of 150ft.
in London in 1897.
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...
in Daybrook
Daybrook
Daybrook is a suburb of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. The area is located just outside the city of Nottingham but inside the conurbation of Greater Nottingham. It lies next to the areas of Arnold town centre, Sherwood, Woodthorpe, Redhill and Bestwood....
, 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...
.
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
It was built by the architect John Loughborough PearsonJohn Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
between 1892 and 1896 at a cost of £26,000 (£ as of ),. The spire rises to a height of 150ft.
Bells
There are eight bells in the tower cast by Mears and StainbankWhitechapel Bell Foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. The foundry is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain...
in London in 1897.
Organ
The organ was built by Augustus Gern in 1896 in the french style. It is a two-manual instrument of twenty-four stops situated in the north chancel aisle. Its oaken case is delicately carved and traceried.Sources
- The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, 1951, Nikolaus PevsnerNikolaus PevsnerSir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
- Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Building listing information.