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Church of St Christopher

A Grade I Listed Building in Pott Shrigley, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3098 / 53°18'35"N

Longitude: -2.0848 / 2°5'5"W

OS Eastings: 394448

OS Northings: 379209

OS Grid: SJ944792

Mapcode National: GBR FZW5.G7

Mapcode Global: WHBBH.Y2FG

Plus Code: 9C5V8W58+W3

Entry Name: Church of St Christopher

Listing Date: 14 April 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1277234

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407435

ID on this website: 101277234

Location: St Christopher's Church, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK10

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Pott Shrigley

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Pott Shrigley St Christopher

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Church building English Gothic architecture

Description


SJ 97 NW POTT SHRIGLEY C.P. SHRIGLEY ROAD (West Side)

5/93 Church of St. Christopher 14/4/1967

GV I

Church: mainly C15, some later repairs and alterations. Coursed sandstone rubble and stone-slate roof. Nave and aisles of 2 bays, chancel, west tower and small south porch. Angle buttresses and rolled copings, 2 and 3-light windows of various forms, some with hood moulds ending in large stops carved as heads. West tower of 4 stages with deeply set west doorway and 2-light, louvred, bell opening; castellated parapet and pinnacles. Interior: South aisle arcade of octagonal piers, north aisle carried on a cluster of 3 colonnettes. Nave has slightly curved, open, wooden ceiling, carried on braces springing from moulded corbels. All major members are moulded. Chancel roof of open pitch type is otherwise similar. East window has sortie original stained glass restored in 1872. Early C18 baluster font. Box pews throughout nave and aisle brought from Gawsworth in C19. 2 bells by Robert Crowch, c.1430.

Tower and south aisle result from will of Geoffrey Downes of 1492. (Pevsner and Hubbard).

Listing NGR: SJ9444679209

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