St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover

St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover
St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover, from the south
St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover Location in Cheshire
53°15′30″N 2°20′35″W / 53.2582°N 2.3431°W / 53.2582; -2.3431
OS grid reference	SJ 772 736
Location	Over Peover, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Lawrence, Over Peover
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	St Lawrence
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	5 March 1959
Architect(s)	J. Garlive, William Turner
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Neoclassical, Gothic Revival
Completed	1811
Specifications
Materials	Brick tower and body Stone chapels with leaded roofs
Administration
Division	Peover Benefice
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Deanery	Knutsford
Parish	Over Peover
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Fr Murray Aldridge-Collins

St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover is in the civil parish of Peover Superior. Close to Peover Hall and farm. It lies some 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Knutsford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[1] The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice is combined with that of St Oswald, Lower or Nether Peover.^[2] It is noted for its old chapels and for the monuments to the Mainwaring family.