| St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton | |
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 St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton, from the south | |
  St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°12′32″N 2°13′33″W / 53.2088°N 2.2257°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 849 680 |
| Location | Marton, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Marton, St James and St Paul |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 14 April 1967 |
| Architect(s) | J. M. Derick, William Butterfield |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Timber framing, rendered brick infill, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Deanery | Congleton |
| Parish | Marton |
The Church of St James and St Paul, south of the village of Marton, Cheshire, England, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton. Its benefice is combined with those of Holy Trinity, Capesthorne, Christ Church, Eaton, and All Saints, Siddington.[2] The church is an important location in the novel Strandloper by Alan Garner.
The church differs from the majority of churches in Cheshire in that its body is timber-framed. It is one of the oldest timber-framed churches in Europe.[3] Only a handful of churches of this type remain in England;[4] other surviving examples include churches at Lower Peover and Baddiley (Cheshire), Melverley (Shropshire), Besford (Worcestershire) and Hartley Wespall (Hampshire).[5]
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St James and St Paul, Marton (1139465)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ St James & St Paul, Marton, Marton, Church of England, retrieved 1 December 2012
- ^ Bilsborough, Norman (1983), The Treasures of Cheshire, Manchester: The North West Civic Trust, p. 151, ISBN 0-901347-35-3
- ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Works of Art, London: Batsford, p. 52, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0
- ^ Harris, Richard (1993), Discovering Timber-framed Buildings (3rd ed.), Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, p. 89, ISBN 0-7478-0215-7