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must be assumed that the Architect working from Taunton would have
known of, or had previous dealings, maybe working experience with the
heating engineers
G
N Haden & Sons from Trowbridge Wiltshire. The firm of Haden's had a
wide reputation for the satisfactory heating of Churches in the
mid-Victorian era when they installed hundreds of their patented warm
air stove installations throughout the country.
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The Church was commissioned to be built in 1860 by three sisters Agnes Percy, Ellen Thompson and Louisa Julia Percy. C E Giles the Architect from Taunton in Somerset was commissioned to carry out the design.
This wall plaque in
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The church has one of, if not the tallest spire of any church on the Isle of Wight which unfortunately is overshadowed by St Boniface Down otherwise it would have been a widely noticeable landmark.  |
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Research
carried out at the Haden Archive held by the Wiltshire Record Office in
Trowbridge showed in the original Order Book for that time period that
the stove was a size No 2 and given the number of 1907 with an
entry date of 19th January 1860. Every Haden stove installed was given its own unique number.
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