Church Of St Mary And Churchyard Walls

SK 14 NW STANTON C.P. MARSH LANE (S.E. side)

2/173 Church of St. Mary and churchyard walls

GV II

Parish Church. 1846-7. By W. Evans of Manchester. Rock faced ashlar with chiselled ashlar dressings; slate roof with coped verges. 4 bay nave, lower 2 bay chancel, south porch, north vestry; angle buttresses. Early English style. Nave and chancel have lancet windows under plain hood moulds, triple lancet to east end under one continuous hood mould and double lancet to west end; gabled belfry to west gable with open lancet arch housing the bell. Interior: Pointed chancel arch; nave roof of arch braced collars with king posts above, double purlins and narrow ridge piece, principals and braces stand on short beams projecting from wall plate level and supported by short posts standing on corbels; chancel roof with braced collars and king post and raking struts above, single purlins and narrow ridge piece, collar braces springing from corbels. Fittings: C19 stone font with squat stepped base, octagonal pedestal moulded at bottom and octagonal bowl with carved trefoil headed blind arcading; C19 wooden bench pews; 7-sided C19 pulpit entered from the vestry, trefoil head panels, and nook shaft to each angle; brass eagle lectern; C19 balustraded wooden altar rail with balusters as nook shafts flanking open pointed arches; stained glass to east window. Stands within a small churchyard enclosed by rubble walls.

Listing NGR: SK1258645962