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St Chad's Church, Stafford

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298: 31: 331:: he built a new west front of stone, in Romanesque style, and he opened up the south arcade and built a new aisle on this side. After his death in 1878, work was continued by Robert Griffiths of Stafford, using Scott's designs. From 1880 to 1886 he opened up the north arcade and built a new north aisle; he restored the tower, and the north transept. The south transept was built in the 1950s. 293:
decorations on the two eastern arches of each arcade. The crossing arch, at the eastern end of the nave, has chevron decorations, and "beak-heads" on the columns. All these are features of the original Norman building.
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at the north-east corner of the crossing: ORM VOCATUR QUI ME CONDIDIT ("He who built me is called Orm"). It is thought that "Orm" is Orm le Guidon, an important landowner in the 11th to 12th century.
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There was some restoration in the 1740s by Richard Trubshaw, after the west end of the nave collapsed. His work included rebuilding the parapets of the tower and building a new west front, of brick.
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The tower was rebuilt in the 14th century; after this the church became neglected. In the 17th century the original aisles were destroyed, the arcades were bricked up, and the
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One of the many carved heads and creatures, which are original features of the church; this example is on the south side of the chancel
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In the 1850s some restoration of the chancel was done by Henry Ward of Stafford. Restoration work was continued in the 1870s by
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The organ was built by J. Kirkland of London in 1888, and extended by J. J. Binns of Leeds in 1909. It was restored in 1995 by
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was obscured; there was much restoration work in the mid 19th century, particularly by
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The font, in Norman style, was built in 1856. The altarpiece was created in 1910 by
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The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, accessed 12 August 2014.
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and the telescopic cover of the font were designed in the early 20th century by
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The church was neglected in the 17th and 18th centuries, and much of the
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There are intersecting arches on either side of the
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Church of England church buildings in Staffordshire
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52°48.3237′N 2°7.0287′W / 52.8053950°N 2.1171450°W / 52.8053950; -2.1171450
OS grid reference
SJ 922 231
Stafford
Denomination
Church of England
http://www.stchadsstafford.co.uk/
Dedication
Saint Chad
Style
Norman architecture
Diocese
Diocese of Lichfield
Deanery
Stafford
Grade II* listed
Anglican
Saint Chad
Bishop of Lichfield
Norman architecture
George Gilbert Scott
cruciform
crossing
impost
nave
columns
scallop
capitals
bay

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