St. Mark's Church is on Nottingham Road,

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, England. It is an active

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in the deanery of Mansfield, the archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. The church is recorded in the

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as a designated

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building. Behind the church, the church hall is a

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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

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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

Gallery

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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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