St. Nicholas' Church, Tresco
- St. Nicholas' Church, Tresco
Parish church
name = St. Nicholas' Church, Tresco
caption = Tresco Church
dedication = St. Nicholas
denomination = Church of England
tradition = Broad Church
parish = Tresco
deanery = Powder
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diocese = Truro
province = Canterbury
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St. Nicholas' Church, Tresco is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
History
There was a small church of unknown origin on Tresco in 1798. It was enlarged between 1822 and 1824 by Christopher Strick, surveyor. and enlarged again in 1835 and survived until replaced by the present building in 1879.
Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the Anglican church of St. Nicholas on 12 September 1877, and the church was opened for worship on 17 June 1879 by Edward White Benson the first Bishop of Truro and was consecrated on 16 July 1882.
Parish structure
St. Nicholas' 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,
Organ
The pipe organ dates from 1886 and is by the builder Eustace Ingram. The specification can be found on the [http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N11301 National Pipe Organ Register]
ource
*The Buildings of England, Cornwall. Nikolaus Pevsner
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