St Mary's Church, Mold
| St Mary's Church, Mold | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Perpendicular | | |
| Groundbreaking | c. 1490 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Materials | Sandstone with lead roofs | |
| Administration | ||
| Province | Church in Wales | |
| Diocese | St Asaph | |
| Archdeaconry | Wrexham | |
| Deanery | Mold | |
| Parish | Mold | |
| Clergy | ||
| Vicar(s) | The Rev'd Canon Martin Bachelor | |
| Curate(s) | The Rev'd Dan Morgan | |
| Laity | ||
| Organist(s) | Tim Stuart, Phil Knowles | |
| Churchwarden(s) | John R Williams, June Taylor | |
| Flower guild | Hilary Lawrence | |
| Parish administrator | John Nicholas, Treasurer; Judith Johnson, Secretary | |
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History
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Architecture
Structure
The main body is built in local Cefn sandstone.[9] Most of the church is Perpendicular in style, although the inner doorway of the south porch is Elizabethan.[4] Its plan consists of a seven-bay nave with a clerestory, a one-bay chancel with a three-sided apse, north and south aisles, a west tower, a north vestry and a south porch.[7] There is much carving on the stonework, including processions of animals.[4] The tower has three stages and a battlemented top with crocketed pinnacles at the corner and in the middle of each side. There are stepped corner buttresses and a clock face on the south wall. The aisles also have battlemented parapets with crocketed pinnacles at the tops of the stepped buttresses between the bays. Each bay has a four-light window under a chamfered arch.[7]
Fittings and furniture
The font is dated 1847 and is Perpendicular in style; its cover was made from the material of an 18th-century chandelier. The alabaster reredos was designed by John Douglas and made by Hardman & Co. The pews are carved with poppyheads and the pulpit and stalls, dated 1856, were designed by Scott. The fittings in the north-east chapel were designed by Sir Thomas G. Jackson in 1921 as a war memorial, as were both organ cases, which are dated 1923.
Stained glass
The stained glass came from several designers and manufacturers, including William Wailes, Clayton and Bell, Lavers and Barraud, Alexander Booker and Burlison and Grylls. One window commemorates the painter Richard Wilson, who is buried in the churchyard. Other monuments include a brass dated 1602 and a series of cartouches dating from 1666 to 1757.[4]
Organ
The organ was installed in 1973 by the Liverpool firm of Rushworth and Dreaper,[10] to replace an earlier organ made by the same firm.[11] It is a locally unusual example of an organ with baroque voicing. In place of the usual swell louvres, it features opening doors with carved hinged panels. This organ was rebuilt by Peter Collins in 2008.[12]
Bells
The tower has a ring of eight bells, five of them cast in 1732 by Abraham Rudhall II and three added in 2005, cast by Eijsbouts.[13]
See also
- List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas
- List of churches in Flintshire
References
- ^ The Parish of Mold, Parish of Mold, retrieved 20 June 2009
- National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019
- ^ Deanery of Mold, Church in Wales, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ ISBN 0-14-071052-3
- RootsWeb, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ Kings & Lords of Mann, Isle of Man Government, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ a b c d e f Church of St Mary, Mold, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ A Brief History of Mold Parish Church, Parish of Mold, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ St Mary's Church, Klick Internet Services, retrieved 20 June 2009
- ^ Flintshire, Mold, St Mary, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 21 June 2009
- ^ Flintshire, Mold, St Mary, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 21 June 2009
- ^ Pipe Organ at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mold, Flintshire, Wales, Parish of Mold, retrieved 21 June 2009
- ^ Mold, S Mary, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 21 June 2009
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