St Mary's Church, Congleton

St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church, Congleton Location in Cheshire
53.1644°N 2.2226°W / 53.1644; -2.2226
OS grid reference	SJ 852 631
Location	West Road, Congleton, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Virgin Mary
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	4 April 1975
Architect(s)	Father John Hall
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1826
Specifications
Materials	Brick, slate roof

St Mary's Church is in West Road, Congleton, Cheshire, England. It is a Roman Catholic church recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The listing includes the adjoining presbytery.^[1]

History

St Mary's Church was built in 1826, and designed by Father John Hall, a priest from Macclesfield. The presbytery dates from 1830.^[2]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red brick, stands on a stone plinth, and has a slate roof. The façade facing the road is in two storeys. It has a central doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight, and two windows also with semicircular heads. At the top is a pediment containing a niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary.^[1] The east end is slightly polygonal. Inside the church is a tripartite screen carried on Ionic columns. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that, apart from the niche containing the statue, it is similar to a Methodist church of the time.^[2] The presbytery also has a doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight.^[1] Its windows are sashes.^[2]

See also

• Listed buildings in Congleton

References

1. Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and adjoining Presbytery, Congleton (1107189)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 February 2012
2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971]. Cheshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6.