Alderley Edge Methodist Church

Alderley Edge Methodist Church is in Chapel Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. It is an active Methodist church.[3] The church and its associated hall are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[4]

Alderley Edge Methodist Church
Alderley Edge Methodist Church
Alderley Edge Methodist Church
Location in Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ 845 782
LocationChapel Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationMethodist Church of Great Britain
Membership95 (2013)[1]
Weekly attendance65 (2013)[2]
WebsiteAlderley Edge Methodist Church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated6 July 1984
Architect(s)Hayley and Sons
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Completed1863
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone, slate roofs
Administration
CircuitAlderley Edge and Knutsford
DistrictManchester and Stockport[1]
Clergy
Minister(s)Revd Ben Clowes

History

The church and hall were built in 1863 to a design by Hayley and Sons.[5] The interior of the church was re-ordered in the mid-1990s.[6]

Architecture

The buildings are constructed in sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. The plan of the church consists of a nave with two side chapels, and a southwest steeple. The hall stands behind the church. The church front facing the road is expressed as two storeys. Both storeys contain a four-light window, the upper window being sharply pointed. The tower is in three stages with an entrance porch on its side and a broach spire with lucarnes on its summit. The windows are lancets, and the bell openings have two lights with louvres. Along the sides of the church are three gabled two-light windows. The chapel contains a rose window.[4] The tracery in the windows is in Decorated style.[5] The windows in the church hall are simpler in design. Inside the church is a west gallery, and a pulpit and lectern, both in pitch-pine.[4] The two-manual organ was built in 1881 by A. Young and Sons, and renovated at a later date by Charles A. Smethurst .[7]

See also

References

  1. "Statistics for Mission:Circuit Membership Statistics Summary October 2013" (PDF). methodist.org.uk. Methodist Church in Britain.
  2. "Statistics for Mission:Circuit Attendance Statistics Summary October 2013" (PDF). methodist.org.uk. Methodist Church in Britain.
  3. Welcome, Alderley Edge Methodist Church, archived from the original on 16 January 2013, retrieved 12 March 2012
  4. Historic England. "Alderley Edge Methodist Church and Hall (1276169)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  6. About us, Alderley Edge Methodist Church, archived from the original on 20 July 2012, retrieved 12 March 2012
  7. Cheshire, Alderley Edge, Methodist Church (N02471), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 12 March 2012
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