St Mary's Church, Brook

St. Mary's Church, Brook
Coordinates: 50°39′29″N 01°26′33″W / 50.65806°N 1.44250°W / 50.65806; -1.44250
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.brighstonecofechurches.co.uk/brook
History
Dedication St. Mary
Administration
Parish Brook, Isle of Wight
Diocese Portsmouth
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Malcolm Williams

St. Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.

History

The church dates from 1864 by the architect Malling.[1] It replaced a previous building which was destroyed in a fire. The small, squat tower contains a set of 8 tubular bells.

The churchyard contains six Commonwealth war graves, two British Army soldiers of World War I and, from World War II, a Royal Air Force officer and three unidentified Merchant Navy seamen whose bodies had been washed ashore.[2] A memorial to those killed in a 1957 flying boat crash also stands in the churchyard.

Parish status

The church is grouped with:

Organ

The church has a two manual organ dating from 1867 by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

  1. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. CWGC Cemetery report, includes details from casualty record.
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