St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham

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St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham

St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham

St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham (Cheshire)
St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham
Shown within Cheshire
Basic information
Location Davenham, Cheshire, England
Geographic coordinates 53°14′16″N 2°30′15″W / 53.2378, -2.5042Coordinates: 53°14′16″N 2°30′15″W / 53.2378, -2.5042
Religious affiliation Anglican
District Diocese of Chester
Ecclesiastical status Parish church
Leadership Rev. Martyn Cripps, rector designate
Website Davenham Parish
Architectural description
Architect(s) Edmund Sharpe
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Year completed 1870
Specifications
Materials Red sandstone ashlar, slate roof

St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ663713). It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] It continues to be an active parish church.[2]

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[edit] History

A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book. A later church was built in the 14th century and its chancel was rebuilt in 1680 and again in 1795. The present church dates from 1844 when the nave was rebuilt.[3] The tower dates from 1850 and the chancel and transepts from 1870. One of the architects involved was Edmund Sharpe.[1]

[edit] Structure

The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a south chantry chapel, and a southwestern porch. The tower has an octagonal spire with three tiers of lucarnes.[1]

[edit] Fittings and furnishings

In the chancel is a two-arched sedilia. The reredos contains an alabaster relief depicting The Last Supper.[1] Monuments are to Mrs France who died in 1814 by S. & F. Franceys of Liverpool and to Mrs Harper dated 1833 by Francesco Pozzi of Florence with a relief of a mother and child. In the south aisle is a war memorial by Sir Robert Lorimer. The church plate includes a cup dated 1570 and a stand paten dated 1707.[4]

[edit] External features

In the churchyard is a table tomb to the memory of William Worthington of Leftwich, a merchant who died in 1808, and members of his family. It is listed Grade II.[5] Also listed Grade II is the lych gate which dates from the late 19th century.[6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Images of England: Church of St Wilfrid, Davenham. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  2. ^ Davenham Parish. Davenham Parish. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  3. ^ Salter, Mark (1995). The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire. Malvern: Folly Publications, 34. ISBN 1871731232. 
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 195–196. ISBN 0 300 09588 0. 
  5. ^ Images of England: Table tomb. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  6. ^ Images of England: Lych gate. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.