St. George's Church, Arreton
St George, and St. George 's Church is a church in the village of Arreton on the English Isle of Wight. She comes in many parts nor the Norman era, an addition was made in the late 13th century. Today it belongs to the Church of England, the Province of Canterbury.
Location and name
The church is located on the Isle of Wight in a rural location about halfway between Newport and Shanklin. You can get there from either city on the A3056, which is called in the area of Main Road Arreton. The church is located opposite the stem end of the first half of the 17th century manor house Arreton Manor. It takes its name from the patron saint of St.. George.
History and Architectural History
The church is essentially, especially in the western part, including the bell tower with the strong buttresses, from the early Norman period in England in the 12th century. The northern extension of the nave is a little later, was built around 1200, the southern extension again later, it dates from the last quarter of the 13th century. Maybe it was the result of a dispute between the Benedictine Quarr Abbey and the Abbey belonged to which of La Vieille -Lyre in the Haute -Normandie on the issue, the country and the Church. From this period also dates the southern chapel at the front of the nave. Later additions and changes were made to the windows.
Interior and equipment
The church has no transept. In the back of the nave, the two parallel vessels of arcade arches are separated, which in turn rest on slender columns, bases and capitals are used as working with " great beauty " section.
The pulpit is at least partially from the Jacobean era.
In the church there are several tombs of the Worsley Holmes family: the graves of Sir Henry Worsley Holmes, he died in 1811, by Sir Richard Fleming Worsley Holmes, died in 1814, and by Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, he died in 1825, the first two graves are working. by Sir Richard Westmacott. The oldest tomb, however, dates from the early 15th century, where Henry Hawls was buried, the plate is worked in England often for this time of brass as bream.