St Mary's Church, Brook

St. Mary's Church, Brook
Coordinates: 50°39′29″N 01°26′33″W / 50.65806°N 1.44250°W / 50.65806; -1.44250
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.brighstonecofechurches.co.uk/brook
History
Dedication St. Mary
Administration
Parish Brook, Isle of Wight
Diocese Portsmouth
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Malcolm Williams
West face of the church

St. Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.

History

The church dates from 1864 by the architect Malling.[1] It replaced a previous building which was destroyed in a fire. The small, squat tower contains a set of 8 tubular bells.

The churchyard contains six Commonwealth war graves, two British Army soldiers of World War I and, from World War II, a Royal Air Force officer and three unidentified Merchant Navy seamen whose bodies had been washed ashore.[2] A memorial to those killed in a 1957 flying boat crash also stands in the churchyard.

Parish status

The church is grouped with:

Organ

The church has a two manual organ dating from 1867 by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. ↑ CWGC Cemetery report, includes details from casualty record.
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