St Cross Church, Knutsford
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| St Cross Church, Knutsford | |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Knutsford, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Leadership | Revd. Alja Tollefsen, vicar |
| Website | St Cross, Knutsford |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Year completed | 1881 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick with terracotta dressings and stone parapet Roof of red tiles and lead |
St Cross Church, Knutsford is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ756786). It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] It continues to be active as a parish church.[2]
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[edit] History
The church was built between 1880 and 1881 by Paley and Austin.[3]
[edit] Structure
It is built in brick with terracotta dressings in perpendicular style. The roof is in red tiles and lead. Its plan consists of a nave with north and south aisles, a tower at the crossing, and a chancel with north and south chapels. A two-storeyed vestry is on the south and a porch is to the west of the north aisle. The tower is in three stages with a four-light decorated style window above which is a terracotta frieze. In the second stage are small square windows. The upper stage contains two-light bellchamber openings and a blind traceried frieze. The parapet is of stone with pinnacles at the angles and in the centre of each side. Inside the church the nave arcade has three bays to north, and two bays to south with the vestry occupying the western bay.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The chancel screen and pulpit are both made from traceried timber. The organ occupies the chapel to the south of the chancel. On the south chancel wall is a sedilia with heavy terracotta perpendicular tracery. In a wooden case on a pier of the south nave arcade is a low relief bronze sculpture dated 1607 depicting the Deposition from the Cross. Two of the stained glass windows were designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris & Co. The west window is dated 1893 and depicts the Adoration of the Magi. The easternmost window in the south aisle is dated 1899 and shows the Good Samaritan.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of St Cross, Knutsford. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ St Cross, Knutsford. St Cross Church, Knutsford. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 251. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
