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St George's Church, Carrington 
St George's Church, CarringtonLocation in Greater Manchester
St George's Church, CarringtonCoordinates: 53°25′48″N 2°24′40″W / 53.4300°N 2.4110°W OS grid reference SJ 728 926 Location Carrington, Trafford,
Greater ManchesterCountry England Denomination Anglican Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 5 March 1959 Architectural type Church Groundbreaking 1757 Completed 1872 Specifications Materials Brick with stone slate roof 
The graveyard, cleared of overgrowth in 2008
St George's Church, Carrington, is in the village of Carrington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] but is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It stands in a relatively isolated position south of the Manchester Ship Canal, along the northern edge of the Carrington Moss industrial estate.[2]
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History
The church was built by Isaac Shaw in 1757–59 for Mary, Countess of Stamford as a chapel of ease to serve the hamlets of Partington and Carrington.[3] A chancel was added in 1872.[1] The building is no longer used for worship.[4] St George's was vested in the Trust on 1 March 1990.[5]
The vicar of St Mary's, Partington and Carrington is responsible for the churchyard. Recent clearance work uncovered the graves of two soldiers who had died during the First World War.[4]
Architecture
The church is built in brick with a stone slate roof. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a small chancel. Each bay has a round-arched window. The chancel has a Venetian window and a hipped roof. Formerly a cupola was on the west end but this has been removed.[1]
The box pews, including two family pews, are original.[6] The font is based on a marble wash bowl. The wooden reredos dates from around 1872.[1] The pulpit is a three-decker.[7]
See also
- Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St George, Carrington", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1067868, retrieved 12 May 2011
- ^ a b St George's Church, Carrington, Greater Manchester, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Georges-Church-Carrington-Greater-Manchester/, retrieved 28 March 2011
- ^ Take a pew, Newsquest Media Group, http://archive.thisistrafford.co.uk/2002/9/3/4530.html, retrieved 12 January 2008
- ^ a b Work uncovers soldiers' stories, Messenger, 10 November 2008, http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/3833917.Work_uncovers_soldiers__stories/, retrieved 3 December 2008
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Chester: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 2, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810427/chester%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 3 April 2011
- ^ Salter 1995, p. 28.
- ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 204, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Categories:- Church of England churches in Greater Manchester
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- 1759 architecture
- 18th-century church buildings
- Anglican congregations established in the 18th century
- Religious buildings completed in 1872
- Buildings and structures in Trafford
- Diocese of Chester
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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