All Saints Church, Handley
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| All Saints Church, Handley | |
All Saints Church, Handley |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Handley, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | James Harrison |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
| Year completed | 1891 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red sandstone Welsh slate roof |
All Saints Church, Handley is to the north of the village of Handley, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ466579). It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
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[edit] History
There has been a church on this site from the 12th century. In a restoration in 1854 by James Harrison all the masonry was removed except for the west tower which had been built in 1512. During the restoration a Norman doorway on the north side of the church was lost but the hammerbeam roof dated 1661 was retained.[2] A chancel and vestry were added in 1891.[1]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in ashlar red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Its plan consists of west tower, a three-bay nave, a one-bay chancels, a vestry and a south porch.[1] The tower has three stages and corner buttresses. An inscription on its south wall records its building. It has a west door above which is a three-light window with empty niches on each side. The belfry windows have three lights, the top of the castle is embattled with gargoyles and the string course includes carved heads.[2]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The nave has a hammerbeam roof with "excellent corbels". On the north side of the church is a stained glass window by William Wailes.[3] The font is octagonal in red sandstone and the parish chest is dated 1677. The ring is of six bells, the oldest being dated 1615. The communion plate includes a flagon dated 1747. Parish registers begin in 1570 and the churchwardens' accounts in 1710.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of All Saints, Handley. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ a b c Richards, Raymond (1947). Old Cheshire Churches. London: Batsford, 175–178.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 233. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
