St Mary's Church, Congleton

Church in Congleton, Cheshire, England

Church in Cheshire, England
53°09′52″N 2°13′21″W / 53.1644°N 2.2226°W / 53.1644; -2.2226OS grid referenceSJ 852 631LocationWest Road, Congleton, CheshireCountryEnglandDenominationRoman CatholicHistoryStatusParish churchDedicationVirgin MaryArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationGrade IIDesignated4 April 1975Architect(s)Father John HallArchitectural typeChurchCompleted1826SpecificationsMaterialsBrick, slate roof

St Mary's Church is in West Road, Congleton, Cheshire, England. It is a Roman Catholic church recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The listing includes the adjoining presbytery.[1]

History

St Mary's Church was built in 1826, and designed by Father John Hall, a priest from Macclesfield. The presbytery dates from 1830.[2]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red brick, stands on a stone plinth, and has a slate roof. The façade facing the road is in two storeys. It has a central doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight, and two windows also with semicircular heads. At the top is a pediment containing a niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary.[1] The east end is slightly polygonal. Inside the church is a tripartite screen carried on Ionic columns. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that, apart from the niche containing the statue, it is similar to a Methodist church of the time.[2] The presbytery also has a doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight.[1] Its windows are sashes.[2]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and adjoining Presbytery, Congleton (1107189)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 February 2012
  2. ^ a b c Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971]. Cheshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6.
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