St Werburgh, Derby

The Trust cares for the tower and the old chancel of this large church in the centre of Derby; the rest of the ‘new’ church, built by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1895, has been converted to commercial use. The tower was built in the Gothic Survival style between 1601-08. The interesting chancel (of 1690) retains much of its contemporary woodwork and furnishings, including a superb iron font cover by Robert Bakewell in a side chapel. Dr Johnson was married here in 1735.