Church Of The Good Shepherd, Lake
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The Church of The Good Shepherd, Lake is a
parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), 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 com ...
in the
Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
located in
Lake, Isle of Wight Lake is a large village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is six miles south-east of Newport situated between Sandown and Shanklin, and to the east of the hamlet of Apse Heath. Name Lake is named af ...
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History

The church was built in 1892 by the architect
Temple Lushington Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London but whose work can be seen across England, particularly in the North. He is famous for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built betwe ...
. Its distinctive feature is the twin aisled nave with the single aisle chancel. The stained glass windows were designed by
Francis Skeat Francis Walter Skeat (3 December 1909 – 31 August 2000) was an English glass painter who created over 400 stained glass windows in churches and cathedrals, both in England and overseas. Skeat was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow ...
in the mid 20th-century. The church is located on Sandown Road. The church has a small three manual pipe organ by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd dating from 1901.


See also

* List of new churches by Temple Moore


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lake, The Good Shepherd Church of England church buildings on the Isle of Wight Grade II listed churches on the Isle of Wight Temple Moore buildings Churches completed in 1892 Anglo-Catholic church buildings on the Isle of Wight