| St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley | |
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 St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley, from the south in 2008 | |
  St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°16′55″N 2°14′20″W / 53.2820°N 2.2389°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 842 761 |
| Location | Nether Alderley, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Mary's Church |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | St Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 14 April 1967 |
| Architect(s) | Cuffley and Starkey Paley and Austin (Restorations) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Buff and red sandstone Kerridge stone-slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Deanery | Knutsford |
| Parish | Alderley |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Michael Penlington, Peter Reynolds, Jenny Youatt |
| Parish administrator | Ken Wilkinson |
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church at the end of a lane to the south of the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England.[1][2] It dates from the 14th century, with later additions and a major restoration in the late-19th century. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[3]
The church was built in the Gothic style, and has historically been associated with the Stanley family of Alderley.[4] Its major features include a fine tower,[5] the Stanley pew which is entered by an outside staircase, a 14th-century font, the western gallery, and monuments to the Lords Stanley of Alderley. The grounds contain a 17th-century former schoolhouse, now used as a parish hall, a medieval church cross, and the Stanley Mausoleum, which dates from 1909. An ancient yew tree stands in the churchyard.
St Mary's is an active parish church[6] in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice is combined with that of St Catherine's, Birtles.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
richardswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nether Alderley, Streetmap, retrieved 18 January 2011
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Nether Alderley (1138849)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ Clifton-Taylor 1974, p. 28
- ^ Richards' assessor, F. H. Crossley, considers the tower to be the church's "best feature".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
churchwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Alderley, St Mary, Nether Alderley, Church of England, retrieved 13 October 2009