St Paul’s Church, Quarndon | |
Coordinates: | 52.9651°N -1.5024°W |
Osgraw: | SK 33494 41022 |
Location: | Quarndon, Derbyshire |
Country: | England |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Dedication: | St Paul |
Consecrated Date: | 16 April 1874 |
Architect: | Giles and Brookhouse |
Groundbreaking: | 5 November 1872 |
Completed Date: | 16 April 1874 |
Construction Cost: | £3,500 |
Length: | 81feet |
Width: | 50feet |
Height: | 80feet |
Parish: | Quarndon |
Deanery: | Duffield[1] |
Archdeaconry: | Derby |
Diocese: | Derby |
Province: | Canterbury |
St Paul's Church, Quarndon is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England[2] in Quarndon, Derbyshire.
The old church was entirely replaced between 1872 and 1874 with a new church in the centre of the village to the designs of the architects Giles and Brookhouse of Derby. The old church was sold by Ault and Spreckley, auctioneers on 7 May 1874.[3]
The foundation stone was laid on 5 November 1872[4] by Lady Scarsdale. The church cost £3,500, and was built by the contractor Edwin Thompson of Derby from Duffield stone. It was 80feet high to the vane, 50feet wide and 81feet long. The pulpit and lectern were given in memory of the wife of Bishop Henry Cheetham, and the font was the gift of the architects.
The new church and churchyard were consecrated on 16 April 1874 by the Bishop of Lichfield, Rt. Revd. George Selwyn.[5]
The stained glass window at the east was added in 1890. The clock was installed in 1897 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee at a cost of £80.[6] It was set going in the last week of November 1897.[7]
A pipe organ was built by John Mitchell Grunwell of Becket Mill, Derby, in 1874. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.