Weight: 134 lbs Diameter: 17.75" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1974
Dove Bell ID: 57965 Tower ID: 22321 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Newark: St Leonard
Overview
Grid reference: SK 807 551
The church is typical of many being built at this time to accommodate the fast expanding population of towns. The external aspect is hard, a result of the regular and mechanical look of the stone facing. The west front, which faces the road, has a central door under a gablet and then, above a stringcourse, a pair of three light windows with sexfoils in the tracery.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Four bay aisled nave with south-west porch. Chancel of two bays with transeptal projections (vestry on the north and organ chamber on the south). The north vestry is roofed as a continuation of the aisle and there is also a further vestry to the east. The organ chamber is treated as a transept externally, being cross-gabled; this was presumably an attempt to form a pleasant group of shapes with the 'cctagonalbell turret which rises in an unusual position at the south respond of the chancel arch.
Dimensions:
The nave measures 72 feet by 25 (52 feet including the aisles), and the chancel 39 by 25 feet, giving an overall length of 111 feet.
Description of Archaeology and History
In 1871 eight local architects were asked to contribute designs to a competitionfor a church to hold 600 people, the cost of which was limited to £3,000. The judge was George Gilbert Scott, who decided upon the designs of Messrs. Evans and Jolley of Nottingham. The cost was in the event exceeded by £1,000. The builders were Messrs. Hodgson and Facon, and the church was completed in 1873.
Exterior Description
The church is built of Ancaster stone, with Little Eaton stone for the piers of the nave arcades. The roofs are covered with brindled Staffordshire tiles and the floors with tiles from R. Minton Taylor.
The church is typical of many being built at this time to accommodate the fast expanding population of towns. The external aspect is hard, a result of the regular and mechanical look of the stone facing. The west front, which faces the road, has a central door under a gablet and then, above a stringcourse, a pair of three light windows with sexfoils in the traccry. Between the windows is a roundel containing a quatrefoil. The gable is crowned with a ridiculously small cross, as are all the other gables. The west walls of the aisles have small single lancet lights.
The aisles have small lancets, two in each bay, and the clerostory has two paired lights in each bay, with Y tracery. The south west porch has over the door a small ogee-headed niche containing a statue of St. Leonard.
At the east end of the nave, on the south side, is the slender octagonal bell turret, entirely of stone, with lancets in each face of the top stage. The organ chamber beyond this has two windows of the same design as those in the clerestory, but taller, and the south chancel wall has a single three-light window. The east wall is bare save for the large window of the seven lights with quatrefoils above the outer triplets and six circles containing trefoils above the central light.
The north side of the church follows a simplified version of the south, that is without a porch at the west end and without a 'transeptal' projection from the chancel. In the latter place the chancel continues the fenestration of the nave aisle and clerestory.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1895
The east window is in the style of Kempe, said to have been designed by Mr. Tute and made in 1895. It represents The Ascension, the sexfoil above having angels adoring the Lamb of God.
Stained Glass
1892
North aisle west window a small single light in grisaille representing Purity: rather a touching figure of an angel with a lily. Slightly Pre-Raphaclite, of 1892.
Stained Glass
1893
North aisle. The Virgin and Child
Stained Glass
1917
North aisle. Dorcas.
Stained Glass
North aisle. St. Katherine
Stained Glass
1941
North aisle. Priest blessing a beggar, by Christopher Webb.
Stained Glass
1924
North aisle. Christ with the children
Stained Glass
1904
North aisle. Christ ( or St. John the Baptist) with a cross; the figure with oddly short hair. By Curtis Ward and Hughes, 1904
Stained Glass
1889
South aisle. St. Christopher
Stained Glass
c. 1890
South aisle. A Saint with a chain.
Stained Glass
1918
South aisle. St. Paul.
Stained Glass
1900
South aisle. St Michael and St George, a pair.
Stained Glass
1931
South aisle. Christ the Good Shepherd by Webb.
Interior
Interior Description
The church is internally exactly as the exterior would suggest, a pitch-pine roof with heavy cross beams and king-posts to the nave and arcades carried on cylindrical columns. The aisles are darkened by several stained glass windows.The altar and reredos here are of dark oak. The font stands at the west end by the door, and the rest of the space is occupied by pews.
The chancel by contrast is much lighter, with white walls and a painted panelled roof. The east window is a large and colourful design depicting the Ascension. On the north a wide arch opens into the continuation of the north aisle and on the south is the organ, with a front of metal pipes arranged in a parabolic curve without a case. Beneath these and also in the arch opposite are screens with geometrical tracery made of painted wood. The chancel is dominated by a large reredos in the form of a triptych with a central alabaster relief above a painting on canvas of the Deposition and large painted wooden doors. A striking design in itself, it looks out of place in this church. It is flanked by linenfold panelling, and the floor is of stone squares, with red tiles within the communion rails. The chancel roof is painted blue, with chevrons along the beams and five crowns are painted on the east wall round the head of the window.
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
1889
The reredos was is without doubt the finest object in the church. Erocted in 1889 at a cost of £600, and takes the form of a large triptych with an ogce top to the frame. Within this is a central alabaster relief of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St. John and St. Mary Magdalene. Below is an oblong panel enclosing a painting on canvas of The Deposition, evidently a copy of an old painting. These two parts are surrounded with carved diaper work and tracery and the doors are painted with a representation of the Annunciation.
Rail
1966
The Communion Rails are of wood, with turned balusters.
Organ (object)
The Organ was rebuilt in 1957 by E. Wragg and Son. It has two manuals and twenty-six speaking stops.
Altar
The Altar of the Lady Chapel in the north aisle is of oak, with a reredos containing figures of white plaster.
Pulpit
The pulpit and chancel screen are all in one piece, consisting of a brass parapet above a low stone wall which projects into an irregular octagon for the pulpit. The brass is quite lively, with foliage and quatre foils.
Font (object)
The font is octagonal, with alternate faces carved with the sacred monogram.
Font (component)
The cover is spirical, crocketted and hangs on a counterweight.
Stall
The choirstalls are of a simple design in limed wood.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SK 807 551
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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