St Wulfram's Church, Grantham
Parish church in Lincolnshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, is the Anglican parish church of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building and has the second tallest spire in Lincolnshire after St James' Church, Louth.[2]
St Wulfram's Church, Grantham | |
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52.9148°N 0.6407°W / 52.9148; -0.6407 | |
Location | Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church/Inclusive catholic[1] |
Website | stwulframs.org.uk discoverstwulframs.org.uk |
History | |
Dedication | Wulfram of Sens |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed[2] |
Specifications | |
Capacity | Seating for 700, room for a further 200 standing[citation needed] |
Length | 196 feet (60 m) |
Width | 75 feet (23 m) |
Spire height | 274 feet (84 m) |
Bells | 14 (1676:1946:2000:2012) |
Tenor bell weight | 32cwt 1qtr 11lbs in C# |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Lincoln |
Archdeaconry | Boston |
Deanery | Grantham[3] |
Parish | Grantham |
Clergy | |
Rector | Fr Stuart Cradduck, Fr Clay Roundtree (assistant rector) |
Curate(s) | Fr James Titley |
Archdeacon | Dr Justine Allain Chapman |
Laity | |
Director of music | Dr Tim Williams |
Organist(s) | Dr Andrew Wyatt |
Churchwarden(s) | Mr Andrew Gregory : Mrs. Jan Burrows |
Verger | Mr David West |
In his book England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins begins his description of St Wulfram's: "Here is the finest steeple in England",[4] and in 2020 an online contest run by poet Jay Hulme named it as the finest non-cathedral English church.[5]
The spire, at 274 feet (84 m), is the sixth highest in the country (Salisbury, Norwich and Old Coventry Cathedrals' are higher), and third highest of any parish church, after the Church of St Walburge, Preston, and St James' Church, Louth. It is the second highest of any Anglican parish church in the UK, after St James', and second highest in Lincolnshire, after St James'.[citation needed]
In 2013 an appeal was launched to save the spire.[6]