St Mary's Church, Brook

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

St Mary's Church, Brook
50°39′29″N 01°26′33″W
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Website
History
DedicationSt Mary
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DiocesePortsmouth
ParishBrook, Isle of Wight
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Malcolm Williams
West face of the church

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, three unidentified Merchant Navy seamen whose bodies had been washed ashore.[2] and Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Nigel Seely (1902–1943), son of the politician and industrialist Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet[3]

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.
  3. "Squadron Leader SEELY, NIGEL RICHARD WILLIAM". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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