St Mary's Church, St Mary's

St Mary's Church, St Mary's
St Mary's Church, St Mary's
	Grade II listed
Specifications
Length	100 feet (30 m)
Width	45 feet (14 m)
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Truro
Deanery	Powder
Parish	St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Canon Paul Miller

St Mary's Church, St Mary's is a parish church in the Church of England located in Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK. The Church was consecrated on 7 September 1838 and replaced the church at Old Town which was inconvenient for the Hugh Town population and in need of repair.^[3]

History

King William IV granted £1,500 towards its erection, it was completed in August 1838 and was consecrated on 7 September 1838.^[4]^[2] The proposed inscription for the church, according to a memorandum in Smith's handwriting was to be ″This Church was erected by the munificence of His Majesty, King William the Fourth, a lasting memorial of his zeal and of his paternal regard for the inhabitants of these Islands.° It actually reads ″In the year of our Lord, 1837, this Church was erected by the munificence of His Majesty King William IV. The same was completed at the expense of Augustus Smith, Esq″.^[3]

The interior contains the coloured and gilded wooden lion from the flagship of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, wrecked in 1707. Outside the church are two lead water cisterns, with heraldic plaques and cartouches set in strapwork panels, dating from 1727 and brought here from Star Castle. The church was repaired by Corfield (C. Russell and Son), Architects of Falmouth between 1979 and 1980.^[5]

Stained glass

The east window dates from 1899 and is by Charles Eamer Kempe. The west window dates from 1937 and was designed by Arthur Lucien Ward. Two north windows by Alfred Wilkinson were added in 1967.

Bells

The peal of eight bells were cast together at

Timothy Martin Thornton, on his first visit to the Islands. This was on 21 May 2009.^[7]

Organ

The church pipe organ is by Willis and dates from 1866. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Parish structure

St Mary's Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly parishes, comprising

References

^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary's (Grade II) (1328823)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Visit of the Bishop of Exeter to the Isles of Scilly". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. Exeter. 22 September 1838. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Vyvyan, Clara C (1960). The Scilly Isles. London: Robert Hale.
^ Nikolaus Pevsner (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. (The Buildings of England). Penguin; p. 209
^ "The Diamond Color Shenanigans Guide". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
^ "Scilly Bells". scillybells.co.uk.
^ rwadminsafe. "Ringing World upgrade". www.ringingworld.co.uk.

[NHLE-1] Historic England. "Church of St Mary's (Grade II) (1328823)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[auto-2] "Visit of the Bishop of Exeter to the Isles of Scilly". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. Exeter. 22 September 1838. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[vyvyan-3] Vyvyan, Clara C (1960). The Scilly Isles. London: Robert Hale.

[4] Nikolaus Pevsner (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. (The Buildings of England). Penguin; p. 209

[5] "The Diamond Color Shenanigans Guide". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[6] "Scilly Bells". scillybells.co.uk.

[7] rwadminsafe. "Ringing World upgrade". www.ringingworld.co.uk.

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