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St Werburgh's Church, Derby 
St Werburgh's Church, Derby, showing the body of the church on the left, and the conserved tower on the rightLocation in Derbyshire
St Werburgh's Church, DerbyCoordinates: 52°55′24″N 1°28′52″W / 52.9232°N 1.4812°W OS grid reference SK 349 363 Location Derby, Derbyshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Werburgh Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade B Designated 20 June 1952 Architect(s) Sir Arthur Blomfield (rebuilding) Architectural type Church Style Gothic Survival, Gothic Revival Completed 1894 Closed 1990 St Werburgh's Church, Derby, is a redundant Anglican church in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England (grid reference SK349363). It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade B listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] Samuel Johnson (Dr Johnson) married Elizabeth Porter in the church in 1735.[2][3]
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History
The oldest surviving part of the church is the tower which was rebuilt in 1601. The chancel was built in 1699. The remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1893–94, the architect being Sir Arthur Blomfield. The style of this rebuilding is Gothic Revival in the manner of the 15th century.[1] The church was declared redundant in 1990, and the body of the church, as designed by Blomfield, has been converted to commercial use. The tower and chancel have been vested in the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] The tower was refurbished in 2004, and contains a chapel known as the "Johnson Chapel".[3][4]
Architecture
The tower is in Gothic Survival style.[2] The chancel has been converted into a side chapel.[1] It contains many of its original fittings and furniture, including an elaborate wrought iron font cover made by Robert Bakewell.[2] The reredos contains panels inscribed with the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and the Apostle's Creed.[4] Over the reredos is a Royal coat of arms. The stained glass is from the studio of Kempe, and there is a monument dated 1832 by Chantrey.[1]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands
References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St Werburgh, Derby", Heritage Gateway website (Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England)), 2006, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=401524&resourceID=5, retrieved 26 November 2010
- ^ a b c d St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ a b c Derby, St Werburgh's Church, Britain Express, http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4153, retrieved 26 November 2010
- ^ a b St Werburgh's chapel, Derelict Places, http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=7022, retrieved 26 November 2010
Categories:- Churches in Derby
- Grade II* listed buildings in Derby
- Grade II* listed churches
- Church of England churches in Derbyshire
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- 1601 architecture
- 1699 architecture
- Religious buildings completed in 1894
- 19th-century Church of England church buildings
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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