St Winifred's Chapel, Holbeck is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

parish church and former private chapel in the

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Holbeck, Nottinghamshire Holbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 c ...

, south-west of

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...

. Holbeck is an estate village built for the

Dukes of Portland Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of t ...

Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey is an English country house near the village of Welbeck in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire. It was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries a residen ...

History

St Winifred's Church was built between 1913 and 1916 to designs of Mr. McIntyre, approved with a few modifications, by

Louis Ambler Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect. Career He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893). He was articled to Henry Francis ...

for the 6th Duke of Portland. Based on Steetley,

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. It is in a joint parish with *

St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cuckney. At the edge of the churchyard are the remains of Cuckney Castle, a motte and bailey castle listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department ...

* Welbeck Abbey Chapel

Portland family tombs

St Winifred's Church was the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey and their families, most of whom are interred in the small churchyard. Those buried here include: * The 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943) * The 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977) *

Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland GBE (née Gordon-Lennox; 16 June 1887 – 3 March 1982) was Duchess of Portland from 1943 – 1977 and afterwards Dowager Duchess. She initiated the Harley Foundation, "to encourage creativity". F ...

(1887–1982), née Gordon-Lennox * The 9th Duke of Portland (1897–1990), at whose death the dukedom became extinct Most of their predecessors are buried in London: the 1st Duke and the 2nd Duke in

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, the 3rd Duke in

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and the 5th Duke in

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. The 4th Duke was interred in the ancient Cavendish vault, which had previously been unopened for 138 years.

Memorials

In addition to the graves of the Dukes of Portland, St Winifred's Church also contains memorials for several other people: *

Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befri ...

1939 by

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsma ...

, north aisle wall *Major Lord William Augustus Cavendish Bentinck, south chancel wall

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by

Albert Keates Albert Keates (14 July 1862 in Hanley, Staffordshire – 25 June 1949 in Sheffield) was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1889 and 1948. Career He started his employment at John Stringer and Co in Hanley. Later he ...

. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holbeck Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade II listed churches in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1916

History

Portland family tombs

Memorials

Organ

See also

References