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St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter

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Location
  
Exeter

Denomination
  
Church of England

Height
  
71 m

Length
  
40 m

Country
  
England

Churchmanship
  
High Church

Opened
  
1868

Phone
  
+44 1392 254396

St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter

Website
  
stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk

Dedication
  
St Michael and All Angels

Address
  
Mount Dinham, Exeter EX4 4EB, UK

Similar
  
St David's Church - Exeter, Diocese of Exeter, Exeter Cathedral, Northernhay Gardens, Northcott Theatre

St Michael and All Angels Church, on Mount Dinham in Exeter is an Anglican church in Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The church is Anglo-Catholic in tradition. The building in is the early French Gothic style and was built to the designs of Major Rohde Hawkins, 1867–68. The reredos is by W. D. Caroe, 1899.

Contents

Within the Parish of St David with St Michael and All Angels, the building towers above its surroundings, the spire exceeding the height of even the towers of Exeter Cathedral.

History

The foundation stone was laid on 10 August 1865. It was consecrated on 31 October 1868 by the Bishop of Fredericton.

Organ

The first organ was installed in 1866 and was by William Hill & Son. This was replaced by an organ originally in St Jude's Church, Birmingham, dating from 1867 and built by Edward James Bossward. It was installed and much enlarged by Tim Trenchard in 2013. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter Wikipedia