Alderley Edge Methodist Church
Alderley Edge Methodist Church is in Chapel Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. It is an active Methodist church.[3] The church and its associated hall are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[4]
| Alderley Edge Methodist Church | |
|---|---|
 Alderley Edge Methodist Church | |
  Alderley Edge Methodist Church Location in Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 845 782 |
| Location | Chapel Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Methodist Church of Great Britain |
| Membership | 95 (2013)[1] |
| Weekly attendance | 65 (2013)[2] |
| Website | Alderley Edge Methodist Church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 6 July 1984 |
| Architect(s) | Hayley and Sons |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1863 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Circuit | Alderley Edge and Knutsford |
| District | Manchester and Stockport[1] |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Revd Ben Clowes |
History
The church and hall were built in 1863 to a design by Hayley and Sons.[5] The interior of the church was re-ordered in the mid-1990s.[6]
Architecture
The buildings are constructed in sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. The plan of the church consists of a nave with two side chapels, and a southwest steeple. The hall stands behind the church. The church front facing the road is expressed as two storeys. Both storeys contain a four-light window, the upper window being sharply pointed. The tower is in three stages with an entrance porch on its side and a broach spire with lucarnes on its summit. The windows are lancets, and the bell openings have two lights with louvres. Along the sides of the church are three gabled two-light windows. The chapel contains a rose window.[4] The tracery in the windows is in Decorated style.[5] The windows in the church hall are simpler in design. Inside the church is a west gallery, and a pulpit and lectern, both in pitch-pine.[4] The two-manual organ was built in 1881 by A. Young and Sons, and renovated at a later date by Charles A. Smethurst .[7]
References
- "Statistics for Mission:Circuit Membership Statistics Summary October 2013" (PDF). methodist.org.uk. Methodist Church in Britain.
- "Statistics for Mission:Circuit Attendance Statistics Summary October 2013" (PDF). methodist.org.uk. Methodist Church in Britain.
- Welcome, Alderley Edge Methodist Church, archived from the original on 16 January 2013, retrieved 12 March 2012
- Historic England. "Alderley Edge Methodist Church and Hall (1276169)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- About us, Alderley Edge Methodist Church, archived from the original on 20 July 2012, retrieved 12 March 2012
- Cheshire, Alderley Edge, Methodist Church (N02471), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 12 March 2012