St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
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| St Peter's Church, Oughtrington | |
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington |
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  Position of church in Cheshire
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Oughtrington, Lymm, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| Province | Province of York |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Year consecrated | 1872 |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Leadership | Revd. Michael Burgess, rector |
| Website | St Peter's Oughtrington |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Slater and Carpenter |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1871 |
| Year completed | 1872 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 106 feet (32 m) |
| Width (nave) | 49 feet (15 m) |
| Height (max) | 54 feet (16 m) |
| Spire height | 104 feet (32 m) |
| Materials | Grey sandstone, grey slate roofs |
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington is in the settlement of Oughtrington to the east of the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ694872). It is a Grade II listed building,[1] and an active parish church.[2]
[edit] History
The church was built in 1871–72 at the expense of C. G. Dewhurst, the architects being Slater and Carpenter.[1] Initially a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary's Church, Lymm, it became a separate parish in 1881. In 1932 a Lady Chapel was created in the north aisle to celebrate the jubilee.[2]
[edit] Architecture
It is built in grey snecked rubble sandstone with grey slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, an apsidal chancel, a south vestry, a south porch and a northeast tower with a spire. At the west end is a rose window above four lancet windows. The tower has a square base over which is an octagonal belfry surrounded by pinnacles, and a stone spire.[1] Pevsner considers that the spire is too thin for such a substantial church and that the pinnacles are "unjustifiable".[3] The stained glass in the apse, dated 1894, and in one of the windows in the south aisle is by Kempe, and the stained glass in the windows at the west end, dated 1907, is by A. K. Nicholson.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of St Peter, Oughtrington Lane. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b c The Parish Church of St Peter, Oughtrington. St Peter's, Oughtrington. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 297. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
