St George the Martyr, Wolverton
St George the Martyr, Wolverton
St George the Martyr is a Grade II* parish church on St George’s Way, Wolverton, in the Diocese of Oxford, built to serve the London and Birmingham Railway works town.
- Location
- Wolverton, Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- City / town
- Wolverton
- Address
- St George's Way, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, MK12 5EX
- Postcode
- MK12 5EX
- Built
- 1843; transepts and choir vestry 1895; chancel extended 1902
- Architect
- Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon; extensions by J. Oldrid Scott
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- George the Martyr
- Diocese
- Oxford
- Parish
- St George, Wolverton
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Early English
- Materials
- Coursed squared local limestone with red Hollington sandstone dressings; plain tile roofs and a slate-hung spire
- Grid reference
- SP 818 410
- Opening hours
- Every Wednesday 9am to 11am and most Saturdays 9.30am to 12noon.
- Access
- Non-accessible toilets in church. Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Historic England records an Anglican church of 1843 by T. H. Wyatt and David Brandon in the Early English style, with 1895 double transepts, choir vestry and organ chamber by J. Oldrid Scott, and a further bay added to choir vestry and chancel in 1902, also by Scott. Later work includes a large round west window of 1954 in Hornton ironstone and a reordering of 1975. The fabric is coursed squared local limestone with red Hollington sandstone dressings, plain tile roofs, a lead vestry roof and a slate-hung broach spire. The plan has a chancel, organ chamber, vestry, a north-east tower and double transepts serving as aisles.
Heritage Open Days and the listing describe it as the first church built specifically to serve a railway company’s staff, funded by the Radcliffe Trust with support from the London and Birmingham Railway. The contractors were Grissell & Peto. Lancet windows, paired on the transept ends, and circular sexfoiled windows in the transept gables mark the Early English design. The three-stage tower has Y-traceried belfry openings and a broach spire.