St Mary's Chapel, High Legh
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| St Mary's Chapel, High Legh | |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | High Legh, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Former parish church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | John Oldrid Scott |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Architectural style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
| Year completed | 1884 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Ashlar stone with tiled roof |
St Mary's Chapel, High Legh is in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ701841). It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
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[edit] History
The chapel was built around 1581 as a chapel of ease to High Legh East Hall. High Legh became a separate parish in 1817. The parish was refounded in 1973 with the nearby St John's Church as the parish church.[2] The hall has been demolished. The south aisle was added in 1836 and the chancel, by John Oldrid Scott, in 1884.[3]
[edit] Structure
The chapel is built in ashlar stone with a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave with aisles and a chancel. On the west front is a central porch with pilasters. Above the porch is a three-light perpendicular window and on each side are two light perpendicular windows. On the gable is a square bell turret with a single bell. On the east front is a four-light 19th century perpendicular window.
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The ceiling has 19th century pargeting with Tudor roses, fleurs de lys and stars. The pews in the nave dated 1858 are by William Butterfield and the wainscotting and screens of 1884 by are by J. Oldrid Scott.
[edit] External features
To mark the 2000 Millennium a carved stone was erected in the grounds of the chapel.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Images of England: Chapel of St Mary, High Legh. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Bolton, Humphrey (January 2007). High Legh, Macclesfield District, Cheshire: History. Geograph. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 239. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
- ^ Thornber, Craig. A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities: Leigh and Legh of High Legh: East Hall and its Chapel. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
