St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray | |
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52°45′49″N 00°53′11″W / 52.76361°N 0.88639°W | |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church |
Website | Website |
History | |
Status | Active |
Dedication | St Mary |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
Designated | 24 October 1950 |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Canterbury |
Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Leicester |
Deanery | Framland |
Parish | Melton Mowbray |
Clergy | |
Rector | The Revd Kevin Ashby |
Honorary priest(s) | The Revd Graham Spencer |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Ted Hutchin, Malcolm Britton, Linda Pearson |
Organist/Director of music | James Gutteridge |
St Mary is the parish church of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The large medieval church, described as "one of the finest parish churches in Leicestershire",[1] suffered from a poor Victorian restoration, and was left in a poor state of repair and deemed "unfit for purpose". By late 2017, work was completed to make the church more accessible and safe, which included a new floor and underfloor heating, a lighting and sound system and a rebuild of the historic organ; the reordering cost an approximate £2 million.[2][3]