| St Boniface's Church, Bunbury | |
|---|---|
 St Boniface's Church, Bunbury, from the northwest | |
  St Boniface's Church, Bunbury Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°07′06″N 2°38′43″W / 53.1182°N 2.6453°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 568 581 |
| Location | Bunbury, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Boniface, Bunbury |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Boniface |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 12 January 1967 |
| Architect(s) | Pennington and Bridgen |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1866 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 160 feet (49 m) |
| Width | 42.5 feet (13 m) |
| Materials | Red sandstone, lead and slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Deanery | Malpas |
| Parish | Bunbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Tim Hayward |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Mike Verity, Tom Crotty, Kath Collinge, Peter Collinge, Pat Edgley |
| Organist(s) | Andrew Dean |
| Churchwarden(s) | Jill Robey Neil Dewson-Smyth |
St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The church dates mainly from the 14th century. Its features include the Ridley chapel, the alabaster chest tomb of Sir Hugh Calveley and the tomb of Sir George Beeston. Raymond Richards, author of Old Cheshire Churches, considers it is architecturally one of the most important examples of its period in Cheshire.[2] Alec Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches,[3] and Simon Jenkins assigns it two stars in his book England's Thousand Best Churches.[4] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with that of St Jude, Tilstone Fearnall.[5]
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Boniface, Bunbury (1138626)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 April 2012
- ^ Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, pp. 74–82, OCLC 719918
- ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Work of Art, London: Batsford, p. 147, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0
- ^ Jenkins, Simon (2009) [1999]. England's Thousand Best Churches. Penguin. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-0-141-03930-5.
- ^ St Boniface, Bunbury, Church of England, retrieved 19 September 2009