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St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram 
St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram, from the southLocation in Greater Manchester
St Michael and All Angels Church, MottramCoordinates: 53°27′16″N 2°00′36″W / 53.4544°N 2.0101°W OS grid reference SJ 997 953 Location Mottram in Longdendale,
Greater ManchesterCountry England Denomination Anglican Website The Parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale History Dedication St Michael Architecture Status Church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 1 November 1966 Architectural type Church Style Perpendicular Completed 1855 Specifications Materials Stone, slate roof Administration Parish Mottram in Longdendale Deanery Mottram Archdeaconry Macclesfield Diocese Chester Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Philip Burrows Curate(s) Rev Dr Richard L Hills Laity Reader John Walker Churchwarden(s) Beryl Clayton, Callum Boothroyd Parish administrator Kate Best St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram.[2]
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History
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents.[3] There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291.[4] The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854–55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr[4] in Perpendicular style.[1] The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel.[5] The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel.[4] The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.[1]
Interior
The oldest item in the church is the barrel-shaped Norman font. Above the chancel arch are painted panels containing the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and Creed, together with a painting of Moses and Aaron.[6] The alabaster pulpit of 1885 is by H. Hems.[1] The brass chandelier is dated 1755.[4] The stained glass windows include one by Kempe dated 1917.[3]
The Hollingworth Chapel is now used as an organ gallery. The Staley Chapel contains two sandstone effigies which are thought to be those of Sir Ralph Staveley and his wife dating from the early 15th century. Also in the chapel is a white marble monument to Reginald Bretland who died in 1703.[4] The ring is of eight bells which were cast in 1910 by John Taylor and Company.[7] The parish registers date from 1559 for marriages and burials and from 1562 for baptisms.[4]
External features
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed Grade II.[8] Also listed Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard.[9] Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces.[10] It is listed Grade II*.[11]
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References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St Michael and All Angels, War Hill", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1356436, retrieved 19 May 2011
- ^ St Michael & All Angels, Mottram-in- Longdendale, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/mottram-in-longdendale-st-michael/, retrieved 19 May 2011
- ^ a b c History of St. Michael & All Angels, The Parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale, http://www.mottramparish.org.uk/, retrieved 19 December 2007
- ^ a b c d e f Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, pp. 242–247
- ^ Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire, Malvern: Folly Publications, p. 54, ISBN 1-871731-23-2
- ^ Thornber, Craig (10 February 2006), A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities: Mottram-in-Longdendale, http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/mottraminlong.html, retrieved 19 December 2007
- ^ Mottram S Michael, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=mottram&Submit=++Go++&DoveID=MOTTRAM+IL, retrieved 11 August 2008
- ^ "Sundial in graveyard to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels, War Hill", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1356436, retrieved 19 May 2011
- ^ "Gatepiers, railings, steps and walls to graveyard of Church of St Michael and All Angels, War Hill", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1068029, retrieved 19 May 2011
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 283, ISBN 0-300-09588-0
- ^ "Cross, War Hill", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1068028, retrieved 19 May 2011
Categories:- Church of England churches in Greater Manchester
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- English Gothic architecture
- Diocese of Chester
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