St Mary's Chapel, High Legh

Church in Cheshire, England
53°21′05″N 2°27′04″W / 53.3514°N 2.4511°W / 53.3514; -2.4511OS grid referenceSJ 701 839LocationHigh Legh, CheshireCountryEnglandDenominationAnglicanHistoryStatusFormer parish churchArchitectureHeritage designationGrade II*Designated5 March 1959Architect(s)John Oldrid ScottArchitectural typeChurchStyleGothic, Gothic RevivalCompleted1884SpecificationsMaterialsAshlar stone with tiled roofAdministrationProvinceYorkDioceseChester

St Mary's Chapel is a former Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1]

History

The chapel was built around 1581 as a chapel of ease to High Legh East Hall. High Legh became a separate parish in 1817. The parish was refounded in 1973 with the nearby St John's Church as the parish church.[2] The hall has been demolished. The church was restored in 1836, another restoration was carried out by William Butterfield in 1858, and the chancel, designed by John Oldrid Scott, was added in 1884.[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The chapel is built in ashlar stone with a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave with aisles and a chancel. On the west front is a central porch with pilasters. Above the porch is a three-light Perpendicular window and on each side are two light perpendicular windows. On the gable is a square bell turret with a single bell. On the east front is a four-light 19th-century Perpendicular-style window.[1]

Interior

The ceiling has 19th-century pargeting with Tudor roses, fleurs de lys and stars. The pews in the nave dated 1858 are by Butterfield and the wainscotting and screens of 1884 by are by J. Oldrid Scott.[1]

External features

To mark the advent of the third millennium a carved stone was erected in the grounds of the chapel.[4]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Historic England, "Chapel of St Mary, High Legh (1139516)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 August 2012
  2. ^ Bolton, Humphrey (January 2007), High Legh, Macclesfield District, Cheshire: History, Geograph, retrieved 16 January 2008
  3. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 399, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  4. ^ Thornber, Craig, A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities: Leigh and Legh of High Legh: East Hall and its Chapel, retrieved 16 January 2008

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