St Joseph & St Etheldreda Church a relaxing 4K video filmed with DJI Mini 4 Pro 2024

St Joseph & St Etheldreda Church, Rugeley Staffordshire
The church is a major work of Charles Hansom, built in 1849-50 in Victorian decorated style together with the presbytery; the steeple was added to the west tower in 1868. The nave has north and south aisles with a clerestory; at the east end there is a vestry on the south side and a Lady chapel, formerly used by the sisters of St Anthony's convent, on the north side. The approximately 75-foot (23 m) tower has diagonal buttresses, a stair turret with a pinnacle, and a trefoil balustrade with small pinnacles; the octagonal spire surmounting it has lucarnes and flying buttresses.
The east window depicting St Joseph and St Etheldreda is by Hardman & Co., with a central depiction of the Good Shepherd by William Wailes. The east window in the Lady chapel is also by Hardman and dates to 1860. The Caen stone and alabaster chapel altar was added in 1880, and the north window in the chapel is a memorial to Joseph Whitgreave (d. 1885), who endowed the church with his sister, Etheldreda, and depicts them at the base offering the church to God. Beginning in 1938, the original wall decorations in the nave and chancel were painted over and some of the church furnishings, including some of the statues and a 1930 pulpit that was a war memorial, were removed. The Stations of the Cross date to 1951. An interior renovation in 2010-13 included new sanctuary furnishings and wall decorations based on the originals.
The material of the church is Beaudesert sandstone, much of it laid with the grain for cost reasons, and has required many repairs. During repairs to the tower in the 1930s, a spirelet with a diadem of St Etheldreda was removed from the top of the stair turret and the pinnacles were removed from the centre of each balustrade; funds were insufficient for these details to be replaced.
The church was Grade II listed on 21 June 1995. Since the demolition of Rugeley power station, the church's spire has been the tallest structure in the town;[citation needed] at approximately 160 feet (49 m) to the top of the weathercock, it is widely visible from the surrounding settlements and hills.
Music
Bitter Harvest by Serge Pavkin
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[@angelalawson-e9w]

Great flying. ❤

[@user-je3zi9bi8d]

Very nice work again Colin Thanks

[@DocColVideo]

Cheers Abdul. 👍

[@robodrone5662]

Great piece of history 👌

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Robo, glad you liked it. 👍

[@DocColVideo]

As it was a nice day and had time on my hands, I decided to take the m4p up for a spin. I liked this music so much I decided not to spoil it with my dulcet tones! Hope you enjoy(ed) it too. 😊

[@waddac2]

Wow!!!!! Yet another Amazing flight matey. Loved it as always. 👍👍👍👍

[@DocColVideo]

Thx matey, really glad you liked it. 👍

[@waddac2]

Loved it Brother 👍👍💕💕👍👍

[@StuFliesAroundCornwall]

Amazing footage of a beautiful church.

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Stu, appreciate your support. Cheers mate. 👍

[@inbetween-days]

Great video, wonderful views. Thank you for sharing. Have a good weekend. Best wishes Dave and Dawn ❤️

[@DocColVideo]

Thanks guys much appreciated. 😍

[@HikeFly22]

Very nice flying and editing

[@DocColVideo]

Thank you. I had some fun for sure. 👍

[@SimonsDroneChannel]

Great video.

[@DocColVideo]

Glad you enjoyed it Simon. 👍

[@jimthorleydronefootage]

Great flight Doc lovely subject and nice gimbal work, mate ❤👍

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Jim, I had a lovely time romping about the place and not a soul (see wot I did there...pun intended) said anything. 😁

[@Steve53]

Afternoon Doc great flight, great edit, loved the track, I always like the fact that in most cases theres a tree growing somewhere, Big like 17 from me.👏👍.

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Steve, glad you liked it. I really endulged my love of flying and having a practice there!

[@ladyintheskyuk]

Beautifully captured and flown Col. Lovely footage 👌

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Yvonne, not my normal diatribe but liked the music too much to spoil it! 🤣🤣

[@mavicairflyeruk]

awesome footage mate and nice flying here 👍

[@DocColVideo]

Thx matey, really glad you liked it, ☺

[@buzzindrones]

Loved the music very fitting to the theme Col but did miss your narrative as you have a great story telling voice , I found the mini spire odd with it being bigger and the other three being tiny , great vid buddy

[@DocColVideo]

Thx Buzz. I was going to narrate but after choosing the music I didn't want to spoil the atmosphere of the vid TBH. Don't worry my next vid will return to using my dulcet tones! 🤣 If I recall correctly, it did have more columns but they were removed for safety and couldn't be replaced during it's restoration due to lack of funds. As ever, thx for your support and encouragement Buzz. 🙏