St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley
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St Mary's Church is an Anglican church at the end of a lane to the south of the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England.[1][2] It dates from the 14th century, with later additions and a major restoration in the late-19th century. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[3]
St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley | |
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53.2820°N 2.2389°W / 53.2820; -2.2389 | |
OS grid reference | SJ 842 761 |
Location | Nether Alderley, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St Mary's Church |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | St Mary |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 14 April 1967 |
Architect(s) | Cuffley and Starkey Paley and Austin (Restorations) |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic |
Specifications | |
Materials | Buff and red sandstone Kerridge stone-slate roof |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Chester |
Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
Deanery | Knutsford |
Parish | Alderley |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Michael Penlington, Peter Reynolds, Jenny Youatt |
Parish administrator | Ken Wilkinson |
The church was built in the Gothic style, and has historically been associated with the Stanley family of Alderley.[4] Its major features include a fine tower,[5] the Stanley pew which is entered by an outside staircase, a 14th-century font, the western gallery, and monuments to the Lords Stanley of Alderley. The grounds contain a 17th-century former schoolhouse, now used as a parish hall, a medieval church cross, and the Stanley Mausoleum, which dates from 1909. An ancient yew tree stands in the churchyard.
St Mary's is an active parish church[6] in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice is combined with that of St Catherine's, Birtles.[7]