St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Exeter

St Michael and All Angels
Coordinates: 50°43′22.8″N 3°32′20.4″W / 50.723000°N 3.539000°W / 50.723000; -3.539000
Location Exeter
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship High Church
Website stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk
History
Dedication St Michael and All Angels
Consecrated 2 October 1868
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed[1]
Architect(s) Major Rohde Hawkins
Architectural type Early English Gothic
Groundbreaking 11 August 1865
Completed 1868
Construction cost £18,000 (equivalent to £1,460,000 in 2015)[2]
Specifications
Length 132.5 feet (40.4 m)
Height 233 feet (71 m)
Administration
Parish Exeter St David's with
St Michael and All Angels
Deanery Christianity
Archdeaconry Exeter
Diocese Exeter
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Canon Tom Honey
Honorary priest(s) Revd David Hastings
Curate(s) Revd Andy Atkins
Laity
Organist/Director of music Neil A. Page
Organist(s) Dr Nigel Browne

St Michael and All Angels Church, also known as St Michael and All Saints Church, on Mount Dinham in Exeter is an Anglican church in Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed[1] building.

The tradition of the church is Anglo-Catholic. The church building is in the Early English style and was built to the designs of Major Rohde Hawkins, 1867–68. The reredos is by W. D. Caroe, 1899.[3]

Within the Parish of St David with St Michael and All Angels, the building towers above its surroundings, the spire exceeding the height of even the towers of Exeter Cathedral.

History

The foundation stone was laid on 10 August 1865.[4] It was consecrated on 31 October 1868 by the Bishop of Fredericton.[5]

Organ

The first organ was installed in 1866 and was by William Hill & Son. This was replaced by an organ originally in St Jude's Church, Birmingham, dating from 1867 and built by Edward James Bossward. It was installed and much enlarged by Tim Trenchard in 2013. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Michael and All Angels  (Grade I) (1170013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  3. Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; pp. 150-51
  4. "Saint Michael and All Angels". Western Times (Exeter). 11 August 1865. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. "The Church of Saint Michael and All Angels. The Consecration". Western Times (Exeter). 2 October 1868. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. K01288 "NPOR K01288" Check |url= value (help). National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
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