St Mary's Church, Brook

St Mary's Church, Brook
50°39′29″N 01°26′33″W
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	[2]
History
Dedication	St Mary
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Portsmouth
Parish	Brook, Isle of Wight
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Malcolm Williams

West face of the church

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

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:

• St Mary's Church, Brighstone
• St Mary's Church, Brook
• St Peter and St Paul's Church, Mottistone

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. [1] CWGC Cemetery report, includes details from casualty record.
3. "Squadron Leader SEELY, NIGEL RICHARD WILLIAM". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

External links

• Interior and exterior photographs of St Mary's