Church of St Philip and St James, Tow Law
Church in County Durham, England
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The Church of St Philip and St James is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler (1840-1910) and completed in 1869. Built of sandstone, the decorated church features a south-west tower. It became a Grade II listed building on 5 June 1987.[1]
| Church of St Philip and St James | |
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 Church of St Philip and St James | |
| NZ 12328 38941 | |
| Address | Church Lane |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Dedication | Saints Philip and James |
| Consecrated | 24 July 1869 |
| Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
| Designated | 5 June 1987 |
| Architect | Charles Hodgson Fowler |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1869 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Parish | Tow Law |
The church is administered as one of The Four Parishes - including St Mary & St Stephen Wolsingham, St Bartholomew Thornley Village and St.Cuthbert Satley.[2]
Notable people
The vicar of Tow Law from 1862 to 1888 was the Revd Michael Henry Simpson. Simpson's youngest daughter, Alice Pickering (1860–1939), was a tennis player who played twice in the Wimbledon Championship Final.[3]
Another of Michael Henry Simpson's daughters, Florence Eva Simpson (1865–1923), known as Elva Lorence, became a published writer and composer, as well as a painter.[4]
A third sister, Katherine Ashton Simpson (1858–1951), known as Kate A. Pearce Simpson, was a writer of books and musicals and poetry.[5] She was also an artist, whose work was hung in the Royal Scottish Academy, at the Berwick Exhibition in Newcastle-on-Tyne.[6] Her painting of her sister, Florence Eva Simpson, is part of the collection of Touchstones Rochdale gallery, run by Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service.[7]
