St Luke's church - 1793 - Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire - Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious on Waymarking.com

"The Church of St Luke in Kinoulton was built in 1793 by Henry, Earl of Gainsborough, to replace the derelict and largely abandoned church of St Wilfrid.

St Luke’s was consecrated by Dr William Markham, Archbishop of York, on Monday, 15 July 1793 and was described as a ‘mean and depressing red-brick church’ whose ‘ugliness is partly relieved by a luxurious growth of ivy’.

It consisted of nave, quasi-chancel with a small vestry, a west porch and a three-stage 63 foot tower containing 5 bells and a clock. The lower stage of the tower has a western entrance that forms a porch. Over the entrance to the nave is an inscription which reads ‘This Church was built by Henry Earl of Gainsborough A.D. 1793’. This was Henry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough who was the then lord of the manor. He died in either 1796 or 1798 without issue; his death caused the extinction of the peerage until 1841 when the title was returned to his family."

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Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1793 Full Inscription (unless noted above): This CHURCH was built by HENRY, Earl of Gainborough. A.D 1793. Website (if available): [Web Link]

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