Holy Rood Church, Ossington is a
parish church
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in the
Church of England
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in
Ossington, Nottinghamshire.
The church is
Grade I listed
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by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
History
The church was built from 1782 to 1783 by
John Carr of
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
.
[Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''. page 284. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.] It is thought to stand on, or very near to, the original site of
Ossington Preceptory: a monastery of the
Knights Hospitallers which was dissolved in 1534 as part of
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement w ...
's
dissolution of the monasteries.
Pipe organ
The church has a
barrel organ
A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a France, French mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of organ pipe, pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated. The basic ...
by Robson dating from around 1830. It has been awarded a Historic Organ Certificate by the
British Institute of Organ Studies which has awarded it a Grade I listing. Details of the organ can be found on th
National Pipe Organ Register
Current parish status
It is in a group of parishes which includes:
*
St. Andrew's Church, Caunton
*
St. Giles' Church, Cromwell
*Holy Rood Church, Ossington
*
St. Laurence's Church, Norwell
See also
*
Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
*
Listed buildings in Ossington
Sources
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Churches completed in 1783
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
1783 establishments in England
John Carr (architect) buildings