Description

SJ 56 NW KELSALL C.P. CHESTER ROAD
(North Side)

3/41 Church of St Phillip.

II

Church: 1860 by T Bower of Nantwich. Rockfaced buff sandstone, Welsh
slate roof, red tile ridge. Decorated style. 4-bay nave, 2-bay
chancel, south porch, vestry and sanctus bellcote. Gabled south porch
has heavy 2-centred arched entrance on stout shafts with undressed
capitals. Similar doorcase behind on pairs of shafts contains pair of
doors with ornate hinges. Bays of nave and chancel divided by
buttresses; nave has 2-light windows with alternate quatrefoil and
trefoil plate tracery. Chancel has pairs of lancets with trefoil
heads. 3-light east window with sexfoils and a quatrefoil has a
label mould with plain rectangular stops. Similar 4-light west
window. On north side, vestry has hexagonal end with pyramidal roof.
Interior: tall and plain in ashlar. Ovolo-moulded rebated chancel
arch, the outer part on shaft to floor, the inner part on a stout
shaft sprung from a corbel at mid-height. Both have undressed
capitals. Plain font is a quatrefoil in section on 4 short shafts.

Listing NGR: SJ5258168128

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Philip's Church, Kelsall at Wikipedia
• St Philip's Church, Kelsall official website
• Wikidata Q7595392

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)