St. Mark's Church is on Nottingham Road,

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

, England. It is an active

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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 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 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 ...

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, lychg ...

at the west end.

Organ

The organ dates from 1900 by the builders

Brindley & Foster Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939. Background The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...

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

Image:St mark mansfield June 2009 01.JPG, Interior with Trinity altar frontal Image:St Mark and the Lion sculpture by laurence broderick.jpg, St. Mark and the Lion by sculptor

Laurence Broderick Laurence Broderick (18 June 1935 – 18 April 2024) was a British sculptor. His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham, Bull Ring, Birmingham. ''The Bull'' is about 4.5 meters long, abo ...

Image:Sign outside St Mark's parish church, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.jpg, Sign Image:St. Mark's Church (2).jpg, Exterior Image:St. Mark's Church (1).jpg, Exterior Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (3).jpg, War memorial (Grade II listed) Image:War Memorial And Railings 1 Metre South Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Rd (2).jpg, War memorial Image:Church Hall 20 Metres North West Of Church Of St Mark, Nottingham Road. Listed Building (2).jpg, Church hall (Grade II listed)

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'' (195 ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansfield, St Mark Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1897 19th-century Church of England church buildings Temple Moore buildings

St Mark Mark the Evangelist (Koine Greek, Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Mârkos''), also known as John Mark (Koine Greek, Koinē Greek language, Greek: Ἰωάννης Μᾶρκος, Romanization of Greek, romanized: ''Iōánnēs Mârkos;'' ...