St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed

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in the

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Elvaston, Derbyshire Elvaston is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The parish also includes two hamlets, Ambaston and Thulston, and a modern housing estate, Boulton Moor. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,801. ...

History

The church dates from the 13th century, and was completed in 1474 with funding from

Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG (1 August 1474) was an English politician. Early life and family Walter Blount was born about 1416, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount (1378–1456) and Margery Gresley and grandson of Sir Walter Bloun ...

. The chancel was restored and lengthened by in 1904 by

George Frederick Bodley George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watt ...

. Some of the tombs and memorials were moved to give a better view of the altar. The new chancel has no window at the east end, but a large reredos of carved white

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filled the whole end, which was richly carved with subjects and figures, and effectively lit by two new traceried windows of three lights each in the north and south walls of the sanctuary. The pavements of the sanctuary and chancel were laid with black and white marble. The floor of the nave was laid with wooden blocks, and the aisles with slate and white stone. The plaster was removed from the walls. The roofs and various parts of the walls were decorated with gold and blue, with monograms of "B" for St Bartholomew.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with * All Saints’ Church, Aston-upon-Trent * St Wilfrid's Church, Barrow-upon-Trent * St Andrew’s Church, Twyford * St James’ Church, Swarkestone * St James Church, Shardlow * St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Weston-on-Trent

Memorials

The church contains memorials to: *Henry and Margaret Robinson (d. 1829) *Elizabeth, Countess of Harrington (d. 1912) *John Stanhope (d. 1638) *

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (17 March 17535 September 1829), styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779 when he succeeded to the pe ...

(d. 1829) by Antonio Canova *

Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington, CB (2 September 17847 September 1862), styled The Honourable Leicester Stanhope until 1851, was an English peer and soldier. Early life Leicester Stanhope was born in Dublin in 1784, ...

(d. 1862) * Sydney Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington (d. 1866) *Lieutenant Talbot FitzRoy Eden Stanhope (1896 – 1915) *Algernon Russell Gayleard Stanhope (1838 – 1847)

Organ

The church has a pipe organ by

Eustace Ingram Eustace Ingram (6 August 1839 – 10 December 1924) was a British organ builder based in London.Organa Britannica. Organs in Great Britain 1660 - 1860. James Boeringer. Bucknell University Press. 1989. Early life and work He was born in 1839 an ...

dating from 1904. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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