St Mark's Parish Church, Newnham (Cambridge)

The current church building was completed in 1901. It replaced a small wooden structure which had served the village of Newnham since 1870. At that time Newnham was quite separate from Cambridge, and St Mark’s was a daughter church of St Andrew and St Mary, Grantchester. But the village was growing, and in 1918 Newnham became an independent parish.

In contrast to the long, stone-built Gothic churches of the era, St Mark’s was constructed with a mellow red brick, and without a rood screen separating the choir from the congregation. The original architect’s plan shows a narthex or entrance lobby, which was not built at the time owing to shortage of funds. A hundred years later, a centenary project raised funds for a narthex, porch and internal gallery in a modern but sympathetic style all were dedicated in 2002.

Personal Note - I like to create CMs at churches with which I have a personal connection or memory. Being a choral singer, many of these may be to do with singing. A church I have often travelled by but only stopped to see whether a CM would fit here, and it passed with flying colours!

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