St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Lymm in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon. Its benefice is combined with that of St Werburgh, Warburton.[2]
| St Peter's Church, Oughtrington | |
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 St Peter's Church, Oughtrington | |
  St Peter's Church, Oughtrington Location in Cheshire | |
| 53.3803°N 2.4609°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 694 872 |
| Location | Oughtrington, Lymm, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | https://www.oughtringtonchurch.co.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | St Peter |
| Consecrated | 1872 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 14 June 1984 |
| Architect(s) | Slater and Carpenter |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1871 |
| Completed | 1872 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 106 feet (32 m) |
| Nave width | 49 feet (15 m) |
| Height | 54 feet (16 m) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 104 feet (32 m) |
| Materials | Grey sandstone, grey slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Deanery | Bowdon |
| Parish | St Peter, Oughtrington |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Michael Burgess |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Sheila Thacker, Roy Bond |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sheila Biddle, Alison Precious |
History
The church was built in 1871–72 at the expense of C. G. Dewhurst, the architects being Slater and Carpenter.[1] Initially a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary's Church, Lymm, it became a separate parish in 1881. In 1932 a Lady Chapel was created in the north aisle to celebrate the jubilee.[3]
Architecture
It is built in grey snecked rubble sandstone with grey slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, an apsidal chancel, a south vestry, a south porch and a northeast tower with a spire. At the west end is a rose window above four lancet windows. The tower has a square base over which is an octagonal belfry surrounded by pinnacles, and a stone spire.[1] The authors of the Buildings of England series consider that the spire is too thin for such a substantial church and that the pinnacles are "unjustifiable".[4] The stained glass in the apse, dated 1894, and in one of the windows in the south aisle is by Kempe, and the stained glass in the windows at the west end, dated 1907, is by A. K. Nicholson.[3]
External features
The churchyard contains the war grave of a soldier of World War I, east of the church.[5]
See also
References
- Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Lymm (1265847)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 August 2012
- St Peter, Oughtrington, Church of England, retrieved 13 October 2009
- The Parish Church of St Peter, Oughtrington, St Peter's, Oughtrington, retrieved 25 March 2008
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 517–518, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- LORD, C, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013
