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St. Mary's Church, Clifton
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	www.clifton-village.org.uk/church.htm
History
Dedication	St. Mary
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Parish	Clifton, Nottinghamshire

St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Clifton, Nottinghamshire.

The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The church is medieval. It was restored by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham in 1846, C. Hodgson Fowler in 1874, George Frederick Bodley in 1884, George Pace and Ronald Sims between 1969 and 1979.

Features

The reredos formerly at the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham College and much of the decoration is by George Frederick Bodley.

Organ

The organ is by Marcussen & Søn of Denmark and was installed in 1973. The organist at this time was Ian Abernethy.

Parsonage

The parsonage house was enlarged in 1830 by Henry Moses Wood.

Sources

• The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner

See also

• Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
• Listed buildings in Nottingham (Clifton South ward)
• List of works by George Pace

References

1. Nottingham Evening Post – Friday 7 November 1884
2. Colvin, Howard (1995). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. Yale University Press. p. 1072. ISBN 0300060912.

• Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
• Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
• Churches in Nottingham
• Clifton, Nottinghamshire