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,[1] and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Malpas.[2]
St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
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St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
53°02′11″N 2°41′32″W / 53.0364°N 2.6922°W | |
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 |
History
editThe church was built in 1892 and designed by the Chester firm of Douglas and Fordham for the 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley.[3]
Architecture
editThe 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.[1] 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.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Further reading
edit- Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 182, ISBN 0-901657-16-6