St George's Church, Altrincham
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| St George's Church, Altrincham | |
St George's Church, Altrincham |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Leadership | Father Edmund Betts, Vicar |
| Website | St. George Altrincham |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Year completed | 1897 |
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| Materials | Red brick with terracotta dressings Slate spire and clay tile roofs. |
St George's Church, Altrincham is in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England (grid reference SJ766882). It is a Grade II listed building.[1] It continues to be an active parish church.[2]
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[edit] History
The original church was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Bowden.[3] The tower and spire date from 1874 and the chancel from 1886. A considerable re-building of the nave by Paley and Austin was completed about 1897.[1]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in red brick with terracotta dressings. It has a slate spire and clay tile roofs. Its plan consists of a west tower and porch, a nave with a clerestory, north and south six-bay aisles which continue alongside the tower, and a polygonal chancel with a vestry and chapel. The tower is in three stages with corbelled eaves. The east window has three lights above which is a rose window. The other windows have semicircular heads.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
In the chancel is a memorial to Rev. O. Leicester, the church's first curate-in-charge who died in 1831. Also in the church are two painted churchwardens' staves dated 1838.[4] The stained glass windows in the chancel dating from 1895 were designed by Mary Lowndes, the first woman glazier in the Arts and Crafts movement and a leading figure in the suffragette movement.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of St George, Altrincham. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ St George, Altrincham. Diocese of Chester. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ a b Building St George’s. St. George Altrincham. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ Morant, Roland W. (1989). Cheshire Churches. Birkenhead: Countyvise, 95. ISBN 0 907768 18 0.
