St. Chad's Church, Burton-on-Trent

Parish church
name = St Chad's Church, Burton upon Trent


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denomination = Church of England
tradition = Anglo Catholic
diocese = Diocese of Lichfield
province = Province of Canterbury
vicar = The Revd Martyn Paul Skillings
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website = [http://www.chadschurch.care4free.net/ St Chad's website]

St Chad's Church is an Anglican church on Hunter Street in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire England. It is in the diocese of Lichfield and the advowson is vested in the bishop.

History

It was a gift to the town by Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton at a cost of £38,000. The architect was George Frederick Bodley but he died before the church was completed and it was finished by Cecil G. Hare. Work started in 1903 and the church dedication to Saint Chad of Mercia took place in 1910.

The building

The church was designed in the Decorated style and built of red Hollington stone.

It has been described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "the finest building by far in Burton-on-Trent."

The organ

The organ inside the church is a three manual organ built by Peter Conacher and Co of Huddersfield (installed by 1909). The organ has 43 stops and consists of a swell, great, choir and pedal organ. The organ has a stop key system and has pure tin pipes which gives it a sweet sound.

Timeline

* 1903 Initial designs completed by Bodley
* 1907 Death of Bodley
* 1909 Church completed
* 1910 Church consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 6 July
* 1960 Reredos executed by Bridgeman of Lichfield.

Gallery

Links

* [http://www.chadschurch.care4free.net/ Church website]
* [http://www.chadschurch.care4free.net/Bodley/bodley.html St Chad's Church (Burton upon Trent) Preservation Trust]

ources

*Church guidebook. C. Mansfield. 2006.
*The Buildings of England, Staffordshire. Pevsner.
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=12359#s2 British History Online 'Horninglow: Established church', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 185-187.]