Christ Church, Belper, Derbyshire, 1849.
By Henry Isaac Stevens (1806-1873).
Grade ll listed.
High Altar.
Reredos, 1909.

Detail of the reredos which shows the 12 apostles, and is based on the medieval screen at Ranworth in Norfolk. It was designed by Temple Moore (1856-1920) and installed in 1909.

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62 King Street, Belper, Derbyshire, late C19-early C20.
Unlisted.

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St Peter, Belper, Derbyshire.
Window by James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars, 1923.
Detail.
In memory of Elizabeth J Hanson of Chevin Mount a great benefactress to this church.

James Powell & Sons, situated on the site of the former Whitefriars monastery, between the Thames and Fleet Street, was producing mainly flint glass when it was bought in 1834 by James Powell, a London wine merchant. On his death the firm passed to his three sons Arthur, Nathaniel and James Cotton Powell, who in 1844 established a stained glass department. The latter benefitted from the scientific researches of Charles Winston, a lawyer by profession, who had dedicated himself to the study of medieval stained glass. It had made him aware of the shortcomings of the glass available to contemporary artists, this being often thin and garish in colour. In 1847 he encouraged experiments aimed at rediscovering the chemical components of medieval glass and persuaded the firm of James Powell & Sons to produce 'antique' glass to his recipes. It was mainly due to this collaboration that the firm was to become one of the most important studios and glass manufacturers of the Victorian period.

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Drinking Fountain (detail), Bridge Foot, Belper, Derbyshire, 1858.
Grade ll* listed.
Listed with the sandstone bridge linking the two separate areas of the former Strutt Mills complex on either side of the Ashbourne Road - to which it is attached.

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Horseshoe Weir, River Derwent, Bridge Foot, Belper, Derbyshire, c1797.
Grade ll* listed.
The two first mills in Belper, the South Mill and the North Mill, were served by the water retained by Jedediah Strutt’s first weir, a simple structure which spanned the river near the present day railway bridge. To power the West Mill, Strutt needed a new and very much larger weir. An outline of this structure appears on a plan of 1796, and building began soon after. As the name suggests, the weir is of distinctive shape. It was modified and increased in height in 1819 and 1843 yet remains largely unaltered. The weir and its associated watercourses altered the river significantly. By 1820, some 5.8 hectares of water had been added to the Derwent immediately above Bridge Foot. It is one of the outstanding engineering structures of the late 18th century.

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