St Mary's Church, Longfleet
| St Mary's Church | |
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St Mary's Church
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| Coordinates: 50°43′22″N 1°58′18″W / 50.7227°N 1.9717°W | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | charismatic evangelical |
| Weekly attendance | ca. 500 |
| Website | www.smlpoole.com |
| History | |
| Dedication | Virgin Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation |
Grade II ID: 412520 |
| Architect(s) | Edward Blore |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1830-33 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Longfleet |
| Deanery | Poole |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd. Canon Andrew Perry |
| Assistant priest(s) | Revd. Dr. Justin Tomkins |
| Curate(s) | Revd. Mark Hay |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | John Rolleston, Jo Elliott |
| Business manager | Paul Eaton |
St Mary's, Longfleet, (also called SML or SML Poole) is a Church of England parish church in Longfleet, a district of Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is part of the New Wine network and describes itself as a large, vibrant, evangelical charismatic church with an informal atmosphere.
St Mary's is located on the south side of Longfleet Road, just above Poole Hospital. It has a prominent spire that may be seen for miles around.
St. Mary's is a Gothic Revival church that was built in the years 1830–33 and consecrated on 25 September 1833. It built chiefly at the expense of Lord de Mauley and was originally designed by Edward Blore, but has been considerably modified since. In 1863, a chancel and organ chamber were added by G. E. Street and the year 1884 saw the western end enhanced by a spire, 135 feet (41 m) high, erected by G. R. Crickmay and Son. The spire was donated by William Pearce JP, a 19th-century Mayor of Poole, who resided at nearby Springfield House. There was further remodelling in 1915 which saw the nave rebuilt with aisles and transepts by Herbert Kendell of Poole. According to English Heritage, "in spite of a surprisingly complicated development, the church is an effective composition, whose major accent, the northwest tower and spire, is one of Poole's most important landmarks."
In 1995 the church was assessed as a Grade II listed building.
Longfleet parish was formed in 1837 from Great Canford. Its boundaries changed in 1946 when part of Longfleet became the new parish of Oakdale St George. The living was, and still is, a vicarage in the Diocese of Salisbury. Its patron in the 1870s was Sir J. B. Guest, Bart., who owned Canford Manor, now Canford School.
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