St Swithin's Church, Wellow is a

Grade II* listed 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, H ...

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, ...

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

in the

Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It is b ...

in Wellow, Nottinghamshire.

History

The church dates from the 12th century. It was restored in 1878 by

Ewan Christian Ewan Christian (1814–1895) was a British architect. He is most frequently noted for the restorations of Southwell Minster and Carlisle Cathedral, and the design of the National Portrait Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery. He was Arch ...

, and a further restoration took place in 1968. It is in a group of parishes comprising: * St Bartholomew's Church, Kneesall * St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton * Moorhouse Chantry Chapel

Organ

The church has an organ by

James Jepson Binns James Jepson Binns (c. 1855–11 March 1928) was a pipe organ builder based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Organs Pipe organs at the following locations were either built or rebuilt by James Jepson Binns or his JJ Binns company. A number of ...

. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Clock

The church had an early clock by Richard Roe of Epperstone which was installed in 1699.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellow, St Swithun Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire

History

Organ

Clock

See also

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