St Catherine's Church, Ventnor | |
Dedication: | St Catherine |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Churchmanship: | Broad Church |
Parish: | Ventnor |
Diocese: | Portsmouth |
Province: | Canterbury |
Canon: | Revd Hugh Wright |
Coordinates: | 50.5947°N -1.2064°W |
St Catherine's, Ventnor is a parish church in the Church of England located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
The church dates from 1837 and was designed by the architect Robert Ebbels,[1] at a cost of £4,655 funded by John Hambrough of Steephill Castle.[2]
The chancel was a later addition in 1849 and the south aisle in 1897.[3]
Windsor Dudley Cecil Hambrough of Steephill was the victim in the Ardlamont House Murder and was buried in the churchyard in 1893.[4] [5]
The church is within a group which includes:
The church has a pipe organ by James Jepson Binns. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.