Image ID: 21407

St Edmund's Church, Mansfield Woodhouse

Courtesy of Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery

Priory Road - Church Street
Mansfield Woodhouse
England

On 12th September 1304, a fire raged through the town destroying the wooden steeple of the original old church and its bells and many houses. The new church which rose from the ashes was built from magnesian limestone, quarried locally. The new St Edmund King & Martyr Church had three aisles, (but one of these was later destroyed by fire), and a tower and spire measuring 108 feet in height. The walls of St Edmund's have some of the best gargoyles in England. At the north-east corner for example there is an amusing pig-like demon holding a book and pulling its tongue out at onlookers. In the 17th century 4 saints bells were added, and 2 more in 1892. The church was heavily restored in 1850 and 1878, it is the oldest building still standing in Mansfield Woodhouse.

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