St Chad's Church, Hopwas

St Chad's Church, Hopwas
Architect's drawing of St Chad's Church, Hopwas
St Chad's Church, Hopwas
Location in Staffordshire
Coordinates: 52°38′36″N 1°44′30″W / 52.6433°N 1.7418°W / 52.6433; -1.7418
OS grid reference SK 175 050
Location Hopwas, Staffordshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Hopwas, St Chad
History
Dedication St Chad
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 29 October 1987
Architect(s) John Douglas
Architectural type Church
Completed 1881
Administration
Parish Tamworth
Deanery Tamworth
Archdeaconry Lichfield
Diocese Lichfield
Province York
Clergy
Minister(s) Revd Alan Wheale
Laity
Reader(s) Mrs S. Rose
Churchwarden(s) Mrs A Nicholls,
Mrs A Singleton

St Chad's Church is in the village of Hopwas, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tamworth, the archdeaconry of Lichfield and the diocese of Lichfield. Its benefice is combined with those of St Editha, Tamworth, St Francis, Leyfields, and St Andrew, Kettlebrook.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History and architecture

The church was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas and built in 1881.[3] It is built in red brick with timber framing in its upper parts, and has a roof of plain tiles.[2] The church is crowned by an octagonal flèche.[3] Its plan consists of a five-bay nave and a single-bay chancel between which is the flèche, with a vestry to the south and an annex accommodating the organ to the north.[2] Of its design the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner says it is "certainly an ingenious and entertaining building".[4]

Present day

The church holds regular services on Sundays and holds other events for adults and children during the week.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hopwas, St Chad, Church of England, retrieved 27 October 2009
  2. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of St Chad, Wigginton and Hopwas (1038801)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 October 2013
  3. 1 2 Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 127, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974), Staffordshire, The Buildings of England, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, p. 151, ISBN 0-14-071046-9
  5. ↑ St Chad's, Hopwas, Parish of Tamworth, retrieved 17 October 2013

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