St Mary's Church, Clifton
St. Mary's Church, Clifton is a parish church in the Church of England in Clifton, Nottinghamshire.
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | www.clifton-village.org.uk/church.htm |
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| Dedication | St. Mary |
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| Parish | Clifton, Nottinghamshire |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Province | York |
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
History
The church is mediaeval. It was restored by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham in 1846, C. Hodgson Fowler in 1874, George Frederick Bodley in 1884,[1] George Pace and Ronald Sims between 1969 and 1979.
Features
The reredos formerly at the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham College and much of the decoration is by George Frederick Bodley.
Organ
The organ is by Marcussen & Søn of Denmark and was installed in 1973. The organist at this time was Ian Abernethy.
Parsonage
The parsonage house was enlarged in 1830 by Henry Moses Wood.[2]
Sources
- The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
See also
References
- Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 7 November 1884
- Colvin, Howard (1995). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. Yale University Press. p. 1072. ISBN 0300060912.
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