Church in Cheshire, England
All Saints Church, Church Lawton All Saints Church, Church Lawton, from the south
All Saints Church, Church Lawton
Location in Cheshire
53°05′55″N 2°16′04″W / 53.0987°N 2.2678°W / 53.0987; -2.2678 OS grid reference SJ 822 556 Location Church Lawton , Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website http://www.allsaintschurchlawton.co.uk/ Status Parish church Founded Late 11th century Founder(s) Hugh de Mara, Lord of Lawton (?) Dedication All Saints Events Struck by lightning 1652 Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 14 February 1967 Architectural type Church Style Norman , Perpendicular , Neoclassical Completed 1923 Construction cost £8,000 Materials Tower: red and buff sandstone Parish Church Lawton Deanery Congleton Archdeaconry Macclesfield Diocese Chester Province York Rector Rev Steve Clapham Reader(s) John Atkins, Margaret Cruxton
All Saints’ Church stands on a mound close to Lawton Hall in the small village of Church Lawton , Cheshire , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building ,[1] Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester , the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.[2]
History [ ] The church was founded around the end of the 11th century, probably by Hugh de Mara, Lord of Lawton.[3] St Werburgh rested overnight on the site of the church while it was being carried from Lincolnshire to Chester .[4] [3] neoclassical style.[1] [4] [5] [6]
Architecture [ ] Exterior [ ] The tower at the west end, dating from the 16th century, is built of red and buff sandstone in Perpendicular style. On the south face of the tower are carved a chalice and the initials "I. B.".[1] [3] [4] tracery . On each side of the church are two lunette windows, with two round-headed windows between them. At the east end of the church is a Venetian window .[7] Norman doorway which survived the fire has been reset in the south wall of the nave .[8]
Interior [ ] Inside the church at the west end is a gallery dated 1717 which also survived the fire.[1] box pews were replaced with the present pews and a two-manual organ was installed in the gallery.[4] royal arms of George III and six hatchments of the Lawton family.[9] [10] restoration .[11] ring of eight bells. Five of these which are dated 1713 are by Richard Sanders; the other three are by John Taylor and Company , one of which is dated 1882 and the other two are dated 1901.[12] parish registers start in 1559 and the churchwardens ' accounts date from 1691.[3]
External features [ ] The churchyard contains the war graves of two First World War soldiers.[13] font dating from the middle of the 18th century.[3]
See also [ ]
Cheshire portal
References [ ]
^ a b c d Historic England . "Church of All Saints, Church Lawton (1161743)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 July 2012 .^ Lawton (or Church Lawton): All Saints, Church Lawton Church of England , retrieved 14 December 2010 ^ a b c d e Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches , London: B. T Batsford, pp. 129–132 ^ a b c d Sutton, Ron (Revd) (June 1996), A History of All Saints' Church, Church Lawton (2nd ed.) the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 3 September 2007 ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" . MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 2 December 2021 .
^ New, Robert (2002), History Tour of All Saints' Church Church Lawton: Churchyard the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 3 September 2007 ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward ; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 289, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6 ^ All Saints, Church Lawton, Cheshire the original on 29 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010 ^ New, Robert (2002), History Tour of All Saints' Church Church Lawton: Nave the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 3 September 2007 ^ New, Robert (2002), History Tour of All Saints' Church Church Lawton: Tower the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 3 September 2007 ^ Morant, Roland W. (1989), Cheshire Churches , Birkenhead: Countyvise, p. 124, ISBN 0-907768-18-0 ^ Church Lawton, All Saints Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers , retrieved 10 August 2008 ^ CHURCH LAWTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 3 February 2013
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