St Bartholomew’s Church, Butterton | |
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53°06′22.89″N1°53′15.48″W / 53.1063583°N 1.8876333°W | |
OS grid reference | SK 07593 56580 |
Location | Butterton |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Ewan Christian |
Groundbreaking | 1871 |
Completed | 1873 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Lichfield |
Archdeaconry | Stoke-on-Trent |
Deanery | Alstonfield |
Parish | Butterton |
St Bartholomew's Church, Butterton is a Grade II listed [1] parish church in the Church of England in Butterton. [2]
St Bartholomew's Church was redesigned by architect Ewan Christian and rebuilt in Butterton in 1871. [3] It has a tower with two bells. [4] The church is on the site of an earlier place of worship. [3] The church's spire, which was added in 1879, dominates the local landscape and is one of the newest spires in the Peak District. [4] Within the church there is a memorial plaque to Joseph Wood, Rowland Cantrill and William Hambleton, who all died trying to rescue Joseph Shenton from a disused mineshaft in 1842. [5]
The church has an organ which originally was built by William Hill in 1846. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register, [6] and its historic value has been recognised with the award of an Historic Organ Certificate by the British Institute of Organ Studies.
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