St Mark's Church, Wootton

St. Mark's Church, Wootton
St. Mark's Church, Wootton
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	www.woottonparish.co.uk/stmarks.php
History
Dedication	St. Mark
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Portsmouth
Parish	Wootton, Isle of Wight
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Kath Abbott

50°43′24″N 01°14′19″W / 50.72333°N 1.23861°W / 50.72333; -1.23861

St. Mark's Church, Wootton is a church in the Church of England located in Wootton, Isle of Wight.

History

The church dates from 1909 and was designed by architect Percy Stone.^[1]

The Bishop of Southampton James Macarthur laid the foundation stone. The builders were Messrs Jenkins who also built Quarr Abbey. On 29 August 1909 the building was dedicated.

The church was closed after damage during the Second World War. The building was disused until it was rededicated by John Henry Lawrence Phillips the Bishop of Portsmouth in 1970 at a time of rapid population growth in the parish.

Parish Status

It is in the same parish as St. Edmund's Church, Wootton.

Organ

A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

↑ The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner

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[1] The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner

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