The Gallery
The
gallery
was
an
unhappy
addition
of
1838,
when
the
fact
that
the
Church
was
too
small
for
a
growing
population
misled
the
authorities
into
the
sad
error
of
pulling
down
the
Saxon
arches
which
were standing there at that time.
The Porch
A
mystery
surrounds
the
origin
of
the
porch.
It
is
disproportionately
large
for
so
small
a
Church,
and
quite
obviously
does
not
fit.
A
quick
glance
will
show
that
the
builders
have
had
to
set
it
a
considerable
distance
to
the
left
in
order
not
to
obstruct
a
window.
It
is
also
interesting
to
notice
that
the
architecture
of
the
porch
(about
1375)
is
almost
a
hundred
years
earlier
than
that
of
the
wall
to
which
it
is
built!
This
can
mean
only
one
thing;
that
the
porch
was
not
originally
part
of
the
building,
but
was
brought
to
Denby
from
elsewhere.
It
is
possible
that
it
came
from
Dale
Abbey,
six
miles
away.
When
this
monastery
was
destroyed,
much
of
its
glass
found
its
way
to
the
Church
at
Morley
and
a
porch
would
have
been
fairly
easy
to
salvage
from
the
ruins.
But
this
is
only
conjecture.
The Organ
The
organ
is
situated
at
the
east
end
of
the
gallery.
It
was
made
by
Harrison
and
Harrison
of
Durham
and
was
installed in 1914.
An
earlier
organ
had
been
situated
on
a
Gallery
above
the
west
end
of
the
Nave.
This
was
either
removed
during
the
major
restoration
of
the
Church
in
the
first
few
years
of
the
twentieth
century,
or
the
west
Gallery
had
been
taken
down
in
1838
when
the
new
Gallery
was constructed.
T
op of
page
History page 1
The history of St Mary the Virgin (page 2)
Overview
Directions
History page 1
History page 2
Timeline
Bells
Lowe Memorial
Past Vicars
Educational Grants