St Mary's Church, Brook | |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 50.6581°N -1.4425°W |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Churchmanship: | Broad Church |
Parish: | Brook, Isle of Wight |
Diocese: | Portsmouth |
Province: | Canterbury |
Vicar: | Revd Malcolm Williams |
Website: | http://www.fivechurches.org.uk/?page_id=74 |
St Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.
The church dates from 1864 by the architect Malling.[1] It replaced a previous building which was destroyed in a fire. The small, squat tower contains a set of 8 tubular bells.
The churchyard contains six Commonwealth war graves, two British Army soldiers of World War I and, from World War II, three unidentified Merchant Navy seamen whose bodies had been washed ashore.[2] and Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Nigel Seely (1902–1943), son of the politician and industrialist Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet[3]
A memorial to those killed in a 1957 flying boat crash also stands in the churchyard.
The church is grouped with:
The church has a two manual organ dating from 1867 by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.