Wolverhampton: St Mark
Overview
Grid reference: SO 907 985
The church was built in 1848-49 to designs by C.W. Orford for a cost of £4,850 of which the Commissioners gave, from their second grant, £250. The organ chamber and vestries appear to be later additions of c.1870-80. The foundation stone was laid on 11th April 1848.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
West tower and spire, aisled nave of six bays with north and south porches; chancel with polygonal apse and north organ chamber and south vestries.
Dimensions:
The nave is about 83 ft by 58 ft (including the aisles).
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was built in 1848-49 to designs by C.W. Orford for a cost of £4,850 of which the Commissioners gave, from their second grant, £250. The organ chamber and vestries appear to be later additions of c.1870-80. The foundation stone was laid on 11th April 1848.
Exterior Description
The west tower is of three stages with angle buttresses which have five off-sets before dying away at the level of the top stage. The walls of the nave aisles are undistinguished, with lancets alternating with slender buttresses save in the second bay from the west which on both the north and south sides is occupied by a porch instead of the lancet. The organ chamber north of the chancel is treated externally as a transept, with a cross gable, and appears to be later in date than the rest of the church, with slightly later tracery. The apse has five faces, each of the three easternmost faces with a big lancet window. The roof, like the nave and aisle roofs, is steeply pitched. The vestry on the south side is of two storeys, the lower a choir vestry and the upper a priest's room.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1921
The three east windows in the apse are by Jones and Willis, 1921; the subjects are The Adoration of the Shepherds (unto us a Child is born), The Crucifixion (It is finished) and The Ascension (I ascend unto my Father)
Stained Glass
1849
The windows on the north and south staircases show The Four Evangelists, St. Matthew and St. Mark on the north and St. Luke and St. John on the south.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church follows the exterior in wavering between Gothic Revival and the thin Gothic which preceded it. The piers of the nave arcades are alternately octagonal and quatrefoil in plan, with moulded capitals. They are rather thin, and the gallery fronts are set back so that the height of the piers is not interrupted. This means that the galleries are partly supported on brackets from the piers and partly on thin additional cast- iron piers.
The roof structure of the nave is of very meagre scantlings throughout, supported on curved brackets between the arches of the arcade. The lack of a clerestory means that in spite of the absence of stained glass, the church is quite dark. The tall chancel arch is echoed at the west end by an arch opening into the tower space. This has been filled at a later date by Geometric tracery, and glazed. Access to the galleries is by a staircase behind the organ on the north side and by another stair from the vestry door on the south side.
The chancel has early English arcading in the lower parts of the walls as a dado, with scrolly foliage in the spandrels carved in relief. The three east windows have the only stained glass in the main part of the church (although there is also some on the staircases). The panelled chancel roof shares the thin quality of that in the nave. on the north side stands the organ, with a straight row of display pipes and on the south is a door to the vestry.
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
1922
The Organ is by Harrison and Harrison, of two manuals and pedals and twenty-six speaking stops.
Font (object)
The font is very odd indeed, a round bowl on a moulded plinth, the bowl with attached colonettes.
Font (component)
1922
The flat cover dates from 1922.
Lectern
1922
Brass eagle.
Pulpit
The pulpit is a plain wooden octagon with arcaded sides.
Churchyard
Grid reference: SO 907 985
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 | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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'Seek advice' Species
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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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