St Mary's Church, Lymm
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| St Mary's Church, Lymm | |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Lymm, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Leadership | Rev. Keith Maudsley, rector |
| Website | St Mary's Lymm |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | John Dobson J. S. Crowther |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Year completed | 1890 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Buff sandstone |
St Mary's Church, Lymm is in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England on a bank overlooking Lymm Dam (grid reference SJ683868). It is a Grade II listed building.[1] It continues to be an active parish church.[2]
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[edit] History
The Domesday Book shows that a church was on the site in the 11th century. Since then it has been rebuilt a number of times.[3] The present church was built in 1850–52 to a design by John Dobson of Newcastle. The tower was replaced in 1888–90 by J. S. Crowther.[1] The nave and aisles from an older church dating from the 15th century were blown up with gunpowder prior to the rebuilding.[4]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in buff sandstone. Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, transepts, a chancel and a vestry. The tower is in three stages with diagonal buttresses and an embattled top. Its west window is in perpendicular style and the bell-openings are paired with panel tracery.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The chancel has a panelled ceiling and the transepts contain galleries.[1] The plain pulpit is dated 1623. In the south aisle is a mural painting dated 1883. In an ogee-headed tomb recess taken from an older church dating from around 1322 is an object which has been reputed to be a Roman altar. The stained glass in the east window is dated 1865. Three windows in the south aisle are by Wailes and one window in the north aisle is by Kempe. The church plate includes a cup, a paten cover and a stand paten dated 1691. Memorials in the church include monuments to John Leigh who died in 1806 and his wife who died in 1819, two tablets to members of the Fox family who died between 1830 and 1845 [5] and a wooden memorial to William Domvylle who died in 1686. Also in the church are 18th century hatchments and two churchwardens' staves dating from the early 19th century.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Images of England: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lymm. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ St Mary's Lymm. St Mary's church, Lymm. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ History of Lymm Dam: St Mary's Church. Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ Salter, Mark (1995). The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire. Malvern: Folly Publications, 45. ISBN 1871731232.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 263–264. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
- ^ Morant, Roland W. (1989). Cheshire Churches. Birkenhead: Countyvise, 148. ISBN 0 907768 18 0.
