St Peter Mancroft (Norwich)

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St. Peter Mancroft
Ship and choir (Photo: John Salmon)

St Peter Mancroft is a parish church of the Anglican Church of England near the market square in the center of the east English city ​​in Norwich . The complex, built between 1430 and 1455 in the mature Perpendicular style as the city church of merchants and guilds, is the largest parish church in the city and part of the Greater Churches Group .

investment

The three-aisled church with a richly decorated west tower with blind arcades was built on the site of an earlier church from 1075, the small helmet was added in 1896. A window forms the eastern end, the glazing of which represents a kind of Biblia pauperum with scenes from the New Testament.

organ

The present organ was built in 1984 by the organ builder Peter Colins. The instrument has 38 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Great Organ C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Spitz Flute 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Hollow flute 4 ′
6th Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Block flute 2 ′
9. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Mixture IV-V
11. Cymbal II
12. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Choir Organ C – g 3
13. Stop diapason 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Celeste 8th'
16. Coppel 4 ′
17th Principal 2 ′
18th Octave 1'
19th Tertian II
20th Vox Humana 8th'
Tremulant
Jerk Positif C – g 3
21st Dumped 8th'
22nd Quintadena 8th'
23. Principal 4 ′
24. Pipe flute 4 ′
25th Gemshorn 2 ′
26th Tapered Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
27. Sesquialtera II
28. Scharff IV-V
29 Curtall 16 ′
30th Cremona 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal Organ C – f 1
31. Principal 16 ′
32. Sub bass 16 ′
33. Octave 8th'
34. Wood flute 8th'
35. Tenor Octave 4 ′
36. Mixture IV
37. trombone 16 ′
38. Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Graves

In the choir there is a memorial plaque for Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682), who lived nearby since 1637 and is buried here.

Chimes

The ringing with 14 bells, 12 of them from 1775, played an important role in the history of alternating bells .

literature

  • Simon Jenkins: England's Thousand Best Churches . 1999: Allan Lane - The Penguin Press. ISBN 0-713-99281-6 . P. 466.
  • David M. Sharp: The Church of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich , Jarrold Publishing, Norwich, 1994.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ. (No longer available online.) Church website, archived from original March 31, 2016 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stpetermancroft.org.uk

Web links

Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 40 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 33 ″  E

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