Church of St Chad, Pleasley Vale

St Chad's
Pleasley Vale: St Chad
St Chad's, viewed from Church Lane, Pleasley Vale
St Chad's Location in Nottinghamshire
53.1803°N 1.2131°W / 53.1803; -1.2131
OS grid reference	SK 52697 65081
Location	Church Lane, Pleasley Vale, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Central
Website	St. Ed's with St. Chad's
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1876
Founder(s)	Joseph Paget
Dedication	St Chad
Dedicated	1876
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	22 October 1986
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Brick and stone, slate roof
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry	Newark
Deanery	Mansfield
Parish	Mansfield Woodhouse
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Vacant

The Church of St Chad (also known as St Chad's) is on Church Lane, Pleasley Vale, Nottinghamshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Mansfield, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. Its benefice has two churches, St Chad's and the main parish church, St Edmund.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

St Chad's was built by Joseph Paget after he inherited his parents' estate and consequently became a senior partner in nearby Pleasley Vale Mills. In 1876, deciding that his household and mill workers needed a church, a chapel was built overlooking the vale, on the Derbyshire side of the River Meden. The chapel was built of timber, painted white, by Cox & Sons of London.

After disagreement "over the style of services conducted in the church" Joseph Paget had the church dismantled and rebuilt just over the River Meden boundary in Nottinghamshire, thus moving it from the Diocese of Lichfield to the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. The church was reconstructed in brick and stone, with a bell tower and lead roof.[3]

Organ

The organ dates from 1880 by Lloyd & Co of Nottingham.

See also

• Listed buildings in Mansfield (outer areas)

Gallery

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  Side view with entrance
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  End view with spire
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  Close up of entrance

References

1. Pleasley Vale: St Chad, Church of England, retrieved 28 December 2017
2. Historic England. "Church of St Chad, Church Lane (1251819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. "Church History Project, Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, History, Pleasley Vale". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 December 2017.