Church Of St George

SJ 99 NE, 4/141

STALYBRIDGE, CHURCH WALK (east side), Church of St. George

II

Church. 1838-40. By Sharpe for the Church Commissioners. Watershot stone with slate roof. Nave and aisles under one roof with small chancel and west tower (galleries have been removed and the rear partitioned off). Projecting plinth and coped gables and eaves. 7-bay aisles have thin weathered buttresses (set back at corners), a gallery door in the west bay (now blocked) and lancet shaped windows but with two lights and geometrical tracery - an early example of the revival of this type. 1-bay chancel with 4-light east window. 3-stage tower has octagonal corner piers which are buttressed and rise as pinnacles, windows (as above) to the second and third stage and a clock aperture in stage two. Interior: chamfered nave arcade on octagonal columns with moulded heads. Coved ceiling. Alabaster font in the form of an angel holding a shell. Organ by Renn. Stained glass by Lightfoot. Carved timber pulpit, reredos and organ casing.

Listing NGR: SJ9625598966