St Mark's Church, Saltney

St Mark's Church, Saltney
St Mark's Church, Saltney
St Mark's Church, Saltney Location in Cheshire
53°10′45″N2°54′54″W / 53.1791°N 2.9151°W / 53.1791; -2.9151
OS grid reference	SJ 389 651
Location	High Street, Saltney, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Mark, Saltney
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	17 February 1994
Architect	T. M. Lockwood
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1892
Completed	1893
Specifications
Materials	Brick with stone bands Slate roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Chester
Deanery	Chester
Parish	Lache-cum-Saltney
Clergy
Vicar	Revd Hennie Johnston
Assistant priest(s)	Revd Wendy Steadman Revd Simon Chesters
Curate	Rev Jon Phillips
Laity
Reader(s)	David Williams Geoff Belton
Churchwarden(s)	Denise Baxter-Smallwood Mike Johnson
Parish administrator	Joanne Lucas

St Mark's Church is in High Street, Saltney, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St Matthew, Saltney Ferry, and Sandy Lane Family Church, Lache-cum-Saltney. ^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. ^[2]

History

St Mark's was built in 1892–93, and designed by the Chester architect T. M. Lockwood. ^[3] Due to its proximity to the England-Wales border with its parish boundaries crossing it, the church was entitled to take part in the 1915 Church of England border poll to see if the church wished to join the soon-to-be disestablished Church in Wales. The parish voted in favour of remaining part of the established Church of England. ^[4]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red Ruabon brick, with stone bands, and has Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, a north timber-framed porch, a northeast vestry, a chancel with an apse, and a south chapel, also with an apse. It has a bellcote standing on the ridge of the nave rather than on a gable. At the west end are triple lancet windows flanked by buttresses. Around the church are more lancet windows. The bellcote consists of a tier of panels, above which is a tier of louvred bell openings, and a slated steeple surmounted by a weathervane. On each side of the nave roof are three louvred and gabled lucarnes. The stained glass includes some late work from the Kempe Studios designed by W. E. Tower. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Grade II listed buildings in Chester (south)

References

1. St Mark, Lache-cum-Saltney, Church of England , retrieved 20 February 2012
2. Historic England, "Church of St Mark, Chester (1375857)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 20 February 2012
3. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 282, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6
4. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1915/mar/02/welsh-church-bill-balloting#S5CV0070P0_19150302_CWA_36