St John the Baptist's Church, Smallwood

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St John the Baptist's Church, Smallwood
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St John the Baptist's Church, Smallwood
Location in Cheshire
53°08′18″N2°17′29″W / 53.1382°N 2.2913°W / 53.1382; -2.2913
OS grid reference SJ 806 602
LocationChurch Lane, Smallwood, Cheshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Anglican
Website St John the Baptist, Smallwood
History
Status Parish church
Dedication Saint John the Baptist
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated26 March 1987
Architect(s) Charles and James Trubshaw
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1843
Completed1846
Specifications
Materials Sandstone, slate roofs
Administration
Province York
Diocese Chester
Archdeaconry Macclesfield
Deanery Congleton
Parish Smallwood
Clergy
Rector Revd Anne-Marie Naylor
Laity
Organist(s) Len Ford

St John the Baptist's Church is in Church Lane, Smallwood, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary, Astbury, and All Saints, Somerford. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]

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History

St John's was built between 1843 and 1846, and designed by Charles and James Trubshaw. [3]

Architecture

The church is constructed in yellow sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, a southwest porch, a chancel, and a northwest vestry. On the west gable is a single bellcote. The windows are lancets, some of which contain Y-tracery. [2] At the east end is a triple stepped lancet window. [3] At the corners of the church are angle buttresses. [2] Inside the church is a hammerbeam roof. [3]

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References

  1. St John the Baptist, Smallwood, Church of England , retrieved 22 March 2012
  2. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Smallwood (1330068)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 22 March 2012
  3. 1 2 3 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 585, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6