Bell Tower - St Mary - Jackfield, Shropshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Mary's church, Jackfield. A slim tower in the angle, with square bottom stage, octagonal above with cornical spire on 8 short columns. An early work of Blomfield's and influenced by Butterfield.

"The village church at Jackfield can claim to be, architecturally, one of the most distinguished buildings in the Severn gorge. It was designed by the prominent Victorian Architect Sir Arthur William Blomfield (1829-1899) architect of Selwyn College Cambridge, the Royal College of Music London and St Mary's Portsea (Portsmouth Cathedral). It is in the French Gothic style and makes extensive use of local materials. In its use of layers of differing colours of brick it has a passing resemblance to the Norman Shaw Buildings on the Embankment and Butterfield's Keble College. The reredos is a remarkable triptych displaying local tiles painted at the Craven Dunhill factory behind the Church and reputedly first shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1862. Unusually for a parish church there is a large rose window in the west wall."

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Address of Tower: St Mary Church Road Jackfield, Shropshire England TF8 7ND Number of bells in tower?: 1 Still Operational: Not Listed Relevant website?: Not listed Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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