Church Of St Chad

The Church of St Chad is a Grade II* listed church located on Church Lane in Uppermill. It was rebuilt between 1831 and 1833, with the tower reconstructed in 1846-1847, incorporating elements from the original structure dating back to 1746. The church is built of ashlar stone and features a slate roof. It has a three-sided gallery plan with a central west tower. The five-bay nave includes a projecting plinth, an eaves band, and a parapet. Each bay is supported by a weathered buttress and features a three-light mullion and transom pointed arch window with interlaced tracery, except for the easternmost bay, which has a two-light window above a priest's door. The east window consists of five lights with mullions and a transom, flanked by weathered buttresses and octagonal corner columns, and the gable has a raked parapet.

The four-stage west tower is flanked by gallery stair bays and features angled buttresses that change to clasping at the top stage. The tower has a two-light window at the first stage, two lancets at the second stage, clock faces on the third stage, two two-light openings in the belfry, and decorative corner pinnacles.

Inside, the church has octagonal cast-iron columns that support the gallery and the nave arcade arches, which are cusped. The concave ceiling is adorned with decorative painted bosses, and the gallery parapet features stencilled paintwork. There are various 19th-century wall plaques and an ornamental stone memorial dated 1715 to John Whitehead. The reredos, Commandment boards, choir stalls, lectern, pulpit, and font cover are of various dates but all crafted by G Shaw of Uppermill, as are most of the stained glass windows, with three exceptions on the north side, the last of which was made by Capronnier in 1871. Additionally, there is a 12-light brass candelabrum dated 1717. This church exemplifies the early Gothic revival style and boasts a fine 19th-century interior complete with galleries and elaborate fittings and glass.