St Paul's Church, Gulworthy | |
St Paul's Church, viewed from the churchyard
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Country | England |
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Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Central Churchmanship |
Website | gulworthychurch.wordpress.com |
History | |
Dedication | Saint Paul |
Consecrated | 5 July 1856 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Granite, Hurdwick Stone |
Administration | |
Parish | Gulworthy |
Diocese | Exeter |
Province | Canterbury |
Clergy | |
Priest in charge | Rev. Michael Brierley |
St Paul's Church, Gulworthy is a Church of England Church in Gulworthy, Devon and is one of the central buildings in the disparate parish, together with the neighbouring school. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]
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In the mid 1800s, the Gulworthy area was the centre of substantial mining activity and the population increased rapidly [2] Francis Sackville Russell, the 7th Duke of Bedford gave land for the church and neighbouring school to be built to cater for "the spiritual and educational needs" of the community.[3]
The church was built of granite and the local Hurdwick stone [1] and was consecrated on 5 July 1856 [3]
The church is now run as part of the benefice of St Eustachius Tavistock, and shares clergy with the Tavistock church and the Tavy Mission Community[4]. Regular services are only held on Sunday mornings [5].
The church is notable for having replaced its heating system in 2008 with an environmentally-friendly biomass boiler burning wood pellets.[6]