St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent
- St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent
Parish church
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diocese = Diocese of Lichfield
province = Province of Canterbury
vicar = Father Paul Farthing
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St Modwen's is the Church of England town centre parish church for Burton upon Trent. It is part of the Diocese of Lichfield.
t Modwen's New Church
The current church building, which dominates Burton's market square, was
(...) begun in 1719, first used for services in 1723, and finally completed by 1728. [The church itself] is built in red sandstone and comprises an aisled five-bay nave with galleries on the north, west, and south, an apse, and a western narthex with central tower, north and south gallery stairs, and internal porch. Designed in a Classical style by the brothers Richard and William Smith of Tettenhall, it is similar to the church at Whitchurch (Salop.) built by William to the designs of John Barker. William died in 1724 and Richard in 1726, and the church was completed by their younger brother Francis Smith of Warwick. In the 1730s Richard Wilkes, a Staffordshire antiquary, described the church as 'elegant and beautiful', giving 'pleasure to all that behold or enter it'. The west tower is of three stages and has a balustrade with urns and round windows with radial glazing bars. The apse has wide Doric pilasters at the opening and between the windows. The nave arcades have tall Doric piers without an entablature, the flat ceiling has a deep cove, and the nave galleries cut across the high, arched windows of the aisles. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=12339 British History Online "Burton-upon-Trent: Established church." A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX, Nigel J. Tringham (Editor) (2003)] ]
References
External links
[http://www.burtonsaintpaul.org.uk/index.htm#Saint_Modwen St Modwen's] & St Paul's
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