St Mark's Church, Saltney
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]
| St Mark's Church, Saltney | |
|---|---|
 St Mark's Church, Saltney | |
  St Mark's Church, Saltney Location in Cheshire | |
| 53.1791°N 2.9151°W | |
| 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(s) | 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(s) | Revd Hennie Johnston |
| Assistant priest(s) | Revd Wendy Steadman Revd Simon Chesters |
| Curate(s) | Rev Jon Phillips |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | David Williams Geoff Belton |
| Churchwarden(s) | Denise Baxter-Smallwood Mike Johnson |
| Parish administrator | Joanne Lucas |
History
St Mark's was built in 1892–93, and designed by the Chester architect T. M. Lockwood.[3]
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]
References
- St Mark, Lache-cum-Saltney, Church of England, retrieved 20 February 2012
- Historic England, "Church of St Mark, Chester (1375857)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 February 2012
- 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
