St Paul's Church, Little Eaton

St Paul’s Church, Little Eaton
St Paul's Church, Little Eaton
Coordinates: 52°58′11.38″N 1°27′49.02″W / 52.9698278°N 1.4636167°W / 52.9698278; -1.4636167
Location Little Eaton
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website littleeatonchurch.co.uk
History
Dedication St Paul
Consecrated 9 July 1791
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Completed 1791
Administration
Parish St Paul Little Eaton
Deanery Duffield
Archdeaconry Derby
Diocese Diocese of Derby

St Paul’s Church, Little Eaton is a Grade II listed[1] parish church in the Church of England in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.[2]

History

Construction of the church started in 1791 and it was consecrated on 9 July 1791 by the Bishop of Lichfield, James Cornwallis.[3] It was enlarged in 1837 when capacity was double to accommodate 300 people,[4] again in 1851 when the chancel and tower were added by Henry Isaac Stevens, and restored in 1869 by Giles and Brookhouse, when a north aisle was added, the nave roof was raised and the church re-roofed.[5]

Present day

The church is in a joint ecclesiastical parish with St Alkmund's Church, Duffield, being formerly within Duffield Frith.

St Paul's is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England. As a parish that rejects the leadership/ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Maidstone (currently Rod Thomas).[6]

Monuments

  • John Tempest (d. 1863) by J B Robinson of Derby
  • William Tempest (d. 1842) by N Coulson

Organ

An organ chamber was constructed in 1880, and a pipe organ by Alfred Kirkland was installed in 1905. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Paul, Little Eaton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN 0140710086
  3. ↑ "Derby, July 13". Derby Mercury. Derby. 14 July 1791. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Little Eaton". Derby Courier. Derby. 17 June 1837. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "St Paul's Church ,Little Eaton". Derby Mercury. Derby. 28 April 1869. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Spring Newsletter 2017" (pdf). bishopofmaidstone.org. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "NPOR N05329". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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