St Nicholas's Church, Tresco
St Nicholas' Church, Tresco | |
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Thomas Dorrien-Smith | |
Groundbreaking | 12 September 1877 |
Completed | 17 June 1879 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 persons |
Length | 81 feet (25 m) |
Width | 48 feet (15 m) |
Nave width | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Truro |
Deanery | Powder |
Parish | Tresco |
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
History
Originally two old cottages were used by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) as a church. Augustus Smith provided funds to make the building cruciform, adding a north transept (the cottages formed an aisle with south transept) and an eastern end. According to tradition a gallery was constructed from the timbers of a ship wrecked on St Helen's; increasing the capacity to 200.[2]
Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the
The three-panelled reredos is made of red serpentine and inlaid with a marble cross, aureola and sacred emblems. It was fixed in position in May 1879.[5] The font is also made of serpentine, mounted on small granite columns.[2] The reredos and font were manufactured by Messrs Bradbury at their serpentine manufactury at the Folly, Penzance. The reredos was made to the designs of Charles Eamer Kempe.[6]
Organ
The pipe organ dates from 1886 and is by the builder Eustace Ingram.[7] The specification can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[8]
Parish structure
St Nicholas's Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly parishes, comprising
- All Saints' Church, Bryher
- St Agnes' Church, St Agnes.
- St Martin's Church, St Martin's
- St Mary's Church, St Mary's
- St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's,
Gallery
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The sanctuary
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The organ
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The war memorial
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (Grade II) (1328849)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b "The New Church At Tresco". The Cornishman. No. 50. 26 June 1879. p. 6.
- ^ "The new church at Tresco". Cornishman. Truro. 26 June 1879. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "The new church of St Nicholas at Tresco". Cornishman. Truro. 27 July 1882. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Penzance". The Cornishman. No. 46. 29 May 1879. p. 4.
- ^ "Reredos and font for the new church at Tresco". The Cornish Telegraph. England. 27 May 1879. Retrieved 14 May 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dedication of a new organ at Tresco". Cornishman. Truro. 28 January 1886. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Sources
- The Buildings of England, Cornwall. Nikolaus Pevsner