All Saints' Church, Granby

52°53′03″N 00°53′03″W / 52.88417°N 0.88417°W / 52.88417; -0.88417

All Saints' Church, Granby
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DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Websitewww.wivertoninthevale.co.uk/all-saints-granby/
History
DedicationAll Saints
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseSouthwell and Nottingham
ParishGranby, Nottinghamshire
Clergy
RectorVacant

All Saints', Granby is a Church of England parish church in Granby, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for outstanding architectural or historic interest.[1]

History

The church is medieval (with fragments dating from the 12th century), but it was reduced in size and the tower repaired about 1777. The chancel originally had a terracotta east window, which was replaced by one of stone during restoration work in 1888. Fragments of the original, including two incomplete heads, lie in the chancel. Within a 1958 south porch is a heavily moulded, 13th-century doorway in Early English style.[1][2]

Parish status

All Saints' Church, Granby is in the Wiverton group of parishes,[3] which includes:

Services are held in Granby about once a month. The post of priest in charge is vacant at present.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (1265230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, p. 134, Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin.
  3. ^ Wiverton Group Retrieved 5 January 2016. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

External sources