Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor

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Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor
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Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor
50°35′52″N01°11′48″W / 50.59778°N 1.19667°W / 50.59778; -1.19667
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship High Church
Website http://www.ventnorcofe2.btck.co.uk/ParishChurches/HolyTrinity
History
Dedication Holy Trinity
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Portsmouth
Parish Ventnor
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Tom Burden

Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor is a parish church in the Church of England located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

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History

The church dates from 1860 to 1862 and was designed by the architect Charles Edmund Giles. [1] The first vicar was Revd. Arthur Lewis Babington Peile (between 1862–1884), who was also Hon Chaplain to Queen Victoria at Osborne House between 1879 and 1889.

Parish status

The church is within a group which includes:

Stained glass

The church contains stained-glass windows by Clayton and Bell.

Organ

The church has a pipe organ by Forster and Andrews dating from 1865. The organ was rebuilt and enlarged in 1908 by W J Burton, organbuilder of Winchester, at the expense of Charles Boyd, also of Winchester, a sometime singer in the church choir. The rebuilt organ was dedicated by Edwin H Lemare. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

List of organists

Abdul awal

  1. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. Who's who in music. Shaw Publishing Ltd. 1949–50.

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