St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford
| St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford | |
|
Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| Status: | Parish church |
 St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford | |
| Church of England | |
| Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK66184236 |
| Location: | 52°58’28"N, 1°-0’57"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Website: | www.stmarysradcliffe.org |
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford is a parish church in the Church of England in Shelford, Nottinghamshire. It is a sound, square church with a crenelated tower recalling perhaps its brush with war in the unquiet times of the seventeenth century.
The church is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The church is of mediæval style and era but was heavily restored between 1876 and 1878 by Ewan Christian.[2]
The tower of the church was used by then Royalists during the siege of Shelford Manor during the Civil War, but they were eventually defeated out by Parliamentarian forces.[3]
It is now part of the united parish of St Mary's Church, Radcliffe on Trent.[4]
Within the church
There is stained glass in the chancel by Charles Eamer Kempe and in the north aisle by Alexander Gascoyne.
The earliest mentions of organs is from 1835 when one is recorded in the churchwardens accounts. A new organ was purchased in 1855 from Henry Bevington of London.[5] This was kept until the end of the 20th century. The current organ was acquired from St Catharine's Church, Nottingham in 2003. It was installed in the church by Henry Groves & Son in 2004.[6]
An early clock was installed in 1680 by Richard Roe.[7] This was replaced in 1880 by a new clock mechanism by G. & F. Cope of Nottingham.
Memorials
Memorials in the church include those from the great house of the manor, Shelford Manor:
- Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (Lady Anne Stanhope), died 1587
- Lady Georgina West, died 1824
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1250021: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Street (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 156
- ↑ Brown, Cornelius (1891), A History of Nottinghamshire, E. Stock, pp. 77–79, https://archive.org/details/ahistorynotting00browgoog
- ↑ "St Peter & St Paul, Shelford". Church of England. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/shelford-st-peter-st-paul/.
- ↑ "NPOR {{{1}}}". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI={{{1}}}. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ "NPOR {{{1}}}". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI={{{1}}}. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ Beeson, C.F.C. English Church Clocks 1280-1850. Brant Wright Associates Ltd. ISBN 0903512149.
