St Michael and All Angels Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter explained

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Exeter
Coordinates:50.723°N -3.539°W
Location:Exeter
Country:England
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:High Church
Website:stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk
Dedication:St Michael and All Angels
Consecrated Date:2 October 1868
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed
Architect:Major Rohde Hawkins
Architectural Type:Early Gothic
Groundbreaking:11 August 1865
Completed Date:1868
Construction Cost:£18,000 (equivalent to £ in)
Length:132.5feet
Height:233feet
Parish:Exeter St David's with
St Michael and All Angels
Deanery:Christianity
Archdeaconry:Exeter
Diocese:Exeter
Province:Canterbury
Vicar:Prebendary Nigel Guthrie
Curate:Reverend Ash Leighton Plom
Organist:Matthew Clark
Director:Natasha Goldsworth

St Michael and All Angels Church, on Mount Dinham in Exeter is an Anglican church in Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed building.The church is Anglo-Catholic in tradition. The building in is the early Gothic style and was built to the designs of Major Rohde Hawkins, 1867–68. The reredos is by W. D. Caroe, 1899.[1]

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[2] and construction was largely financed by businessman and Oxford Movement supporter William Gibbs who came from a local family.[3] The church was consecrated on 31 October 1868 by the Bishop of Fredericton.[4]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; pp. 150–51
  2. News: . Saint Michael and All Angels . Western Times . Exeter . 11 August 1865 . 24 August 2015 .
  3. Web site: Julia. Sharp. William Gibbs of Tyntesfield – Guano King. Exeter Memories. 2012. 2021-03-15.
  4. News: . The Church of Saint Michael and All Angels. The Consecration . Western Times . Exeter . 2 October 1868 . 24 August 2015 .