St. Denys Church

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West facade
Rood screen
Stained glass depicting the last supper

St. Denys Church is the Anglican parish church of Sleaford in Lincolnshire , United Kingdom.

location

The church stands with the western front on the eastern side of the market square.

history

In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is mentioned that there is a priest and a church in Sleaford . The oldest part of St. Church dedicated to Dionysius is the tower (early Gothic from around 1180) with its top (from around 1200). In 1271 two merchants donated a Lady Chapel. Around 1360 to 1370, the central nave and the two side aisles with their tracery windows were rebuilt . The north-facing transept was built around 1380, called "Lady Chapel"; the north wall of this chapel received a large tracery window. The Perpendicular Style choir was added around 1430. This building stock has remained almost unchanged until today. Only St Hugh's Chapel was added to the north aisle and transept in 1853. On September 21, 1884, lightning destroyed the tower. The reconstruction took place in the years 1885 and 1886; In 2003 a new "bell ringing" room was created.

There were several changes in the equipment. After the Reformation in 1566, the upper part of the medieval rood screen was removed and burned in the market square. From 1758 to 1784 north, west and south pores were built in , which were removed again in 1853. 1772 was the organ of Samuel Green in the Church; In 1891 the organ was sold and a new one was installed by Forster & Andrews from Hull . In 1920 the rood screen was (re) erected.

Equipment and special features

  • A wooden rood screen in front of the choir arch with a bulge in the pulpit and 16 carved figures; Wooden crucifixion group and two angels on the rood screen (1918; by Ninian Comper )
  • Stained glass of the windows, 19th to 21st centuries (Nazarene to modern; among others by William Morris , Nicholas Pevsner and Glenn Carter )
  • Grave monument of Sir Edward Carre († 1618) (right in front of the choir) and grave monument of Sir Robert Carre († 1590) (left in front of the choir)
  • Solar system on the roof of the south aisle with usage indicator inside the church

organ

The organ was built in 1891 by the organ builders Forster & Andrews (Hull), and rebuilt in 1966 by the organ builders Harrison & Harrison (Durham) with electro-pneumatic action . In 1999 the organ builder A. Carter (Wakefield) restored the instrument. The disposition remained largely unchanged. The instrument has 26 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Choir C – g 3
Violin diapason 8th'
Lovely Gedact 8th'
Flauto Traverso 4 ′
Flautina 2 ′
Mixture II
Corno di Bassetto 8th'
II Great C – g 3
Open diapason 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Twelfth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Fifteenth 2 ′
Mixture III
Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C-g 3
Open diapason 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Celeste 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Piccolo 2 ′
Cornopean 8th'
oboe 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Open Wood 16 ′
Bourdon 16 ′
violoncello 8th'
Flood 8th'
viola 4 ′

literature

  • Welcome to Sleaford Parish Church. (Church guide, 8-page leaflet, after 2003)
  • The Parish Church of St. Denys, Sleaford. (4-language leaflet, no year)
  • Simon Jenkins: England's Thousand Best Churches . Penguin Books, London 1999/2009, pp. 450f.

Web links

Commons : St. Denys Church  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ information on organ (English)

Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 59 ″  N , 0 ° 24 ′ 32 ″  W.