Denomination Church of England Parish Shanklin Province Province of Canterbury | Churchmanship evangelical Phone +44 0198386 Dedication Paul the Apostle | |
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Address 2 St Paul's Cres, Shanklin PO37 7AW, UK Diocese Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth Similar Church of St Saviour‑o, St Paul's Church - Newport, St Blasius Church - Shanklin, Coronation Chair | ||
St. Paul's Church, Gatten, Shanklin is a parish church in the Church of England located in Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
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History
It is an ecclesiastical parish taken out of Sandown in 1876. (fn. 17) The church was built 1880–90, and has an apsidal chancel, a nave with aisles of five bays and a stone tower at the north angle.
The church was designed by the architect C. L. Luck.
St. Paul's Church has the bell from HMS Eurydice (1843), which sank off Dunnose Point and is the subject of a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Organ
The pipe organ dates from 1882 by the builder Forster and Andrews. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
References
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