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St Paul's Church, Carlton-in-the-Willows is a parish church 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, ...
in
Carlton, Nottinghamshire Carlton is a town in the Borough of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is to the east of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 Census was 6,881. It was an urban district until 1974, whose wards (Carlton Hill, Carlton, Cavendish, Colwick, Ge ...
. It is a Grade II
listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
.


History

The church was commissioned by
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890), known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the ...
. Unfortunately he died in 1890, just before the church was completed. His wife commissioned a cross in his memory which hangs in the church. The church contains some Panelled oak stalls and desks carved by
Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsma ...
dating from 1903.


Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.


Organists

*W.S. Ward 1908 - ca. 1927 *Harold Scarborough ca. 1929 - 1935 *Sydney James Burdett 1935 - 1950 (formerly organist at Old Radford Church)


See also

* Listed buildings in Gedling (unparished areas)


References

Carlton Churches completed in 1891 Carlton Carlton English churches with Norman architecture Basilicas (Church of England) {{england-church-stub