Church in Cheshire, England
St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
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St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
St Wenefrede's Church, BickleyLocation in Cheshire | |
53°02′11″N 2°41′32″W / 53.0364°N 2.6922°W / 53.0364; -2.6922 | |
OS grid reference | SJ 536 490 |
Location | Bickley, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St Wenefrede, Bickley |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | St Wenefrede |
Associated people | 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 1 March 1967 |
Architect(s) | Douglas & Fordham |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1892 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, roof green slates with terracotta ridge tiles |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Chester |
Archdeaconry | Chester |
Deanery | Malpas |
Parish | St Wenefrede, Bickley |
St Wenefrede's Church is in Bickley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Malpas.
History
The church was built in 1892 and designed by the Chester firm of Douglas and Fordham for the 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
Architecture
The church is built in sandstone and has a roof of green slates with terracotta roof tiles. Its plan consists of a broad, low, west tower, a south porch against the tower, a three-bay nave with a narrow north passage-aisle, a chancel, and two north vestries. The tower is in two stages with a splay-footed octagonal spire. It has a three-light west window and three-light bell-openings in the stage above. Inside the church is a hammerbeam roof. There are texts on the roof beam, the pulpit and the organ case. In the church are two stained glass windows designed by J. E. Nuttgens.
See also
References
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Wenefrede, Bickley (1130617)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2012
- St Wenefrede, Bickley, Church of England, retrieved 19 December 2012
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) , Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Further reading
- Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 182, ISBN 0-901657-16-6