St Michael's Church, Wincle

St Michael's Church, Wincle
St Michael's Church, Wincle, from the south
St Michael's Church, Wincle Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°11′30″N 2°03′48″W / 53.1917°N 2.0634°W / 53.1917; -2.0634
OS grid reference	SJ 959 662
Location	Wincle, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Michael's Wincle
History
Dedication	St Michael
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	14 June 1984
Architect(s)	Edward Witts
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1882
Specifications
Materials	Buff rubble gritstone Roof grey tiles
Administration
Parish	Wincle, St Michael
Deanery	Macclesfield
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Verena Breed

St Michael's Church, Wincle, is located in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary, Bosley, St Michael, North Road, and St Saviour, Wildboarclough.^[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

The original church was built in 1647 on the site of a Neolithic burial mound.^[3] A tower was added about 1815, and the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1882 by Edward Witts.^[4]

Architecture

The church is built in buff coursed rubble gritstone with a roof of banded grey tiles. The tower is at the west end and the body of the church has five bays. There are no aisles. The tower is in three stages, with a plain west window and bell openings with louvres of Kerridge stone. The top of the tower is battlemented. Over the priest's door is a lintel from the older church which is dated 1647.^[2] In the church is a font dated 1861. The interior of the church is "unadorned".^[2]

References

1. ^ Wincle, St Michael, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/wincle-st-michael/, retrieved 18 October 2009 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Church of St Michael, Wincle", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1366197, retrieved 7 May 2011 
3. ^ Wincle Places: Wincle Church, Parish of Wincle, http://www.wincle.org.uk/history_places.html, retrieved 19 January 2008 
4. ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 676, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6