OS grid reference SV 892 154 Denomination Church of England Dedication Saint Nicholas Length 25 m Parish Tresco, Isles of Scilly | Country England Churchmanship Broad Church Opened 17 June 1879 Width 15 m Diocese Diocese of Truro | |
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Location Tresco, Isles of Scilly Address Isles of Scilly AONB, Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast, Tresco, Isles of Scilly TR24 0QD, UK Architect Thomas Algernon Smith-Dorrien-Smith Similar Tresco - Isles of Scilly, King Charles's Castle, Round Island Light - Isle, Tresco Abbey Gardens, Gugh | ||
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
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History
Originally two old cottages was used by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) as a church. Augustus Smith provided funds to make the building cruciform, adding a north transept (the cottages formed an aisle with south transept) and an eastern end. According to tradition a gallery was constructed from the timbers of a ship wrecked on St Helen's; increasing the capacity to 200.
Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the Anglican church of St Nicholas on 12 September 1877, near the old building. The church was opened for worship on 17 June 1879 by Edward White Benson, the first Bishop of Truro, and was consecrated on 16 July 1882. The three-panelled reredos is made of red serpentine and inlaid with a marble cross, aureola and sacred emblems. It was fixed in position in May 1879. The font is also made of serpentine, mounted on small granite columns.
The dedication of the church to St Nicholas is the same as the dedication of the medieval Tresco Abbey, the remains of which are in Tresco Abbey Gardens.
Organ
The pipe organ dates from 1886 and is by the builder Eustace Ingram. The specification can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Parish structure
St Nicholas's Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly parishes, comprising