Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton
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| Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton | |
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  Position of the church in Cheshire
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| Location | Bickerton, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| Province | Province of York |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
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| Architect(s) | Edmund Sharpe |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1839 |
| Year completed | 1911 |
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| Materials | Red sandstone, slate roof |
Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton to the north of the village of Bickerton, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ510535). It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
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[edit] History
The church was built as a chapel of ease to St Oswald's Church, Malpas in 1839 to a design by Edmund Sharpe. It became a separate parish church in 1869.[1] A chancel was added in 1875–76 and a baptistry in 1911.[2]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave, a single-bay chancel and a small octagonal west baptistry. The vestry projection to the north and the organ chamber to the south give the church a cruciform plan. The baptistry has a pyramidal roof.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The reredos is made of panelled oak. Also in oak are the pulpit, the organ case and the lectern. The octagonal font is in stone. On the nave walls are memorials in alabaster to former vicars of the church.[1] The stained glass in the baptistry is by Kempe and is dated around 1904.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Images of England: Church of the Holy Trinity, Bickerton. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 74. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
