Forest Chapel

Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel is located in Cheshire
Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel
Location in Cheshire
53°14′47″N 2°02′24″W / 53.2463°N 2.0399°W / 53.2463; -2.0399
OS grid referenceSJ 974 722
LocationMacclesfield Forest
Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
Website[1]
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated14 April 1967
Architectural typeChurch
Groundbreaking1673
Completed1834
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone
Kerridge stone-slate roof
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryMacclesfield
DeaneryMacclesfield
ParishRainow with Saltersford and Forest
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Simon Gowler

Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles (7 km) from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is an Anglican church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of Jenkin Chapel, Saltersford and Holy Trinity, Rainow.[2]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Stephen, Forest Chapel, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough (1136676)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 August 2012
  2. ^ St Stephen, Forest, Church of England, retrieved 21 March 2011