2013

TF4576 : Organ, St Wilfred's church, Alford

taken 11 years ago, near to Alford, Lincolnshire, England

Organ, St Wilfred's church, Alford
Organ, St Wilfred's church, Alford
Originally 1850 by Forster & Andrews of Hull, a new organ was installed when the church was restored in 1868, and it was moved in 1881.
2 manual and pedals with 19 stops.
St Wilfred's church, Alford


Grade I listed

The church dates from the mid-14th century onwards, and was restored in the 19th century by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
There is a western tower, nave, aisles and an additional 19th-century north aisle, south porch with parvise, chancel and north Chapel.
The tower is of four stages and was rebuilt in the early 16th century, but the top stage and parapet were added in the 19th-century. The tower has six bells.
The church is built from greenstone with limestone dressings and stone slate roofs.

The nave has 14th century four bay arcades with octagonal shafts. The chancel arch is 19th-century, the north aisle arcade was added by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1867. An organ chamber was also added.
The south aisle has a piscina.
The chancel has 14th century triple sedilia, the Rood screen is late 14th century with some traces of the original paint. On top it has a 20th century Rood design.
In the chancel the north windows have 14th century stained-glass, and in the east window the glass is by Sir Ninian Comper. There is also a 14th C. low side window.

The chancel has a large monument surrounded by railings to Sir Robert Christopher, died 1668.
The nave has a 14th century ledger slab to a priest, Richard de Watton.

The parvise over the porch was once a grammar school in Elizabethan times. One of its pupils was possibly John Smith, who was saved from death by Pocahontas, he became Virginia's first governor.


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J.Hannan-Briggs   (more nearby)
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Julian P Guffogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 June, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 20 July, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 455 760 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:15.6947N 0:10.8391E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 455 760
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