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St Mary's Church, Congleton

Coordinates: 53°09′52″N 2°13′21″W / 53.1644°N 2.2226°W / 53.1644; -2.2226
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St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton is located in Cheshire
St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton
Location in Cheshire
53°09′52″N 2°13′21″W / 53.1644°N 2.2226°W / 53.1644; -2.2226
OS grid referenceSJ 852 631
LocationWest Road, Congleton, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church
DedicationVirgin Mary
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated4 April 1975
Architect(s)Father John Hall
Architectural typeChurch
Completed1826
Specifications
MaterialsBrick, 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

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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

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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]

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References

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  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.