St. Mark's Church is on Nottingham Road,
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
,
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
, England. It is an active
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in the deanery of Mansfield, the archdeaconry of Newark, and the
Southwell and Nottingham diocese. The church is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, an ...
as a designated
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
building.
Behind the church, the church hall is a
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
building.
History
St. Mark's church was built by the architect
Temple Lushington Moore
Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London. He is famed for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built between about 1890 and 1917 and also restored many churches and designed c ...
and opened in 1897.
Stained glass
There are two stained glass windows by
Charles Eamer Kempe
Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lichg ...
at the west end.
Organ
The organ dates from 1900 by the builders
Brindley & Foster
Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939.
Background
The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...
of Sheffield. It was renovated by Henry Willis and Sons in 1955, Midland Organ Builders in 1974 and more recently by Anthony Herrod. A complete re-build was finished in 2014 by Henry Groves.
External features
In the churchyard, the war memorial and railings 1 metre south of St. Mark's Church is
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
Gallery
Image:St mark mansfield June 2009 01.JPG, Interior of St Mark's Church, Mansfield with Trinity altar frontal
Image:St Mark and the Lion sculpture by laurence broderick.jpg, St. Mark and the Lion sculpture in St. Mark's Church by sculptor Laurence Broderick
Laurence Broderick, , is a British sculptor. His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. ''The Bull'' is about 4.5 meters long, about 190 cm high and weighs about 6.5 tons. It is on ...
Image:St. Mark's Church (8).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:St. Mark's Church (7).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:Sign outside St Mark's parish church, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.jpg, Church sign for St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:St. Mark's Church (4).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:St. Mark's Church (3).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:St. Mark's Church (2).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:St. Mark's Church (1).jpg, St Mark's Church, Mansfield
Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (5).jpg, War Memorial in front of St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (4).jpg, War Memorial in front of St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (3).jpg, War Memorial in front of St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (2).jpg, War Memorial in front of St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (1).jpg, War Memorial in front of St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:Church Hall 20 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Road. Listed Building (2).jpg, Church Hall 20 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
Image:Church Hall 20 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Road. Listed Building (1).jpg, Church Hall 20 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Road (Grade II listed)
See also
*
List of new churches by Temple Moore
Temple Moore (1856–1920) was an English architect who practised from an office in London. He was born in Tullamore, Ireland, and was the son of an army officer. He was educated at Glasgow High School, then privately. In 1875, he was article ...
References
Sources
*The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
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Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
Churches completed in 1897
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Temple Moore buildings
Buildings and structures in Mansfield