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