St Paul's Church, Leicester
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| St Paul’s Church, Leicester | |
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 St Paul’s Church, Leicester | |
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| 52°38′3.9″N 1°9′12.91″W / 52.634417°N 1.1535861°W | |
| Location | Leicester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Status | Redundant |
| Dedication | St Paul |
| Consecrated | 1 November 1871 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed[1] |
| Architect | Frederick Webster Ordish |
| Groundbreaking | 18 May 1870 |
| Completed | 1871 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 800 to 900 persons |
| Length | 142 feet (43 m) |
| Width | 65 feet (20 m) |
| Nave width | 38.25 feet (11.66 m) |
| Height | 62 feet (19 m) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
St Paul's Church, Leicester is a Grade II listed[1] former parish church in the Church of England in Kirby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire.[2]
The foundation stone was laid on 18 May 1870.[3] The church was built to the designs of Frederick Webster Ordish and John Charles Traylen of Mountsorrel granite, banded and interlaid with Derbyshire red gritstone, covered with Swithland grey-green slating. Stone from Box and the Forest of Dean was used in the quatrefoils of the clerestory, and the side and end windows. The windows were fitted with mosaic glass by Evans of Birmingham.
It was consecrated on 1 November 1871.[4]
Incumbents
- James Mason 1871 - 1911[5]
- C.E. Jenkins 1911 - 1928[6] (afterwards vicar of the Church of the Resurrection, Brussels)
- L.R.L. Donaldson 1928 - 1933 (afterwards vicar of St Mary’s Church, Ketton)
- Edmund Keith Blundell 1933[7] - 1938 (formerly vicar of Grahamstown, South Africa, afterwards rector of St Aidan’s Church, Johannesburg)
- J.R. Quarterman 1938[8] - 1965 (formerly vicar of St Matthew's Church, Leicester)
- Alfred G. Burford 1965 - 1974[9] (afterwards vicar of Long Clawson with Hose)
- Gordon Sealy 1975 - 1996[10]