Church in Cheshire, England
St Michael's Church, Ditton St Michael's Church, Ditton, from the northwest
St Michael's Church, Ditton
Location in Cheshire
Coordinates : 53°21′45″N 2°45′40″W / 53.3625°N 2.7610°W / 53.3625; -2.7610 OS grid reference SJ 494 853 Location Ditton , Widnes , Cheshire Country England Denomination Roman Catholic Status Parish church Founder(s) Lady Mary Dedication St Michael Consecrated 1876 Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 31 October 1983 Architect(s) Henry Clutton Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Completed 1879 Construction cost £16,000 Length 120 feet (37 m) Width 60 feet (18 m) Spire height 120 feet (37 m) Materials Red ashlar sandstone Slate roof Diocese Liverpool Priest(s) Fr A. Fleming
St Michael's Church is in St Michael's Road, Ditton , Widnes , Halton , Cheshire , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building .[1] Roman Catholic church.[2]
History [ ] The church was founded when German Jesuits expelled from their own country (1872) settled in Ditton. They were victims of Bismarks Kulturkampf which tried to reduce the influence of Catholicism in Germany. The Jesuit students of Theology formed a community at Ditton Hall and between 1876 and 1879 built the church.[3] Henry Clutton .[1] [4] Mary Stapleton-Bretherton of . In 1979 the interior of the church was reordered by Bartlett and Purnell.[5]
Architecture [ ] Exterior [ ] The church is built in red ashlar sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan is cruciform , with short transepts and a west tower. It has an eight-bay arcade which takes in the nave and the chancel . The tower is in three stages with a steep saddleback roof . The entrance to the church is through the west door of the tower, above which are three lancet windows . Above these are three-light louvred bell openings and a balustrade . The windows in the gables of the chancel and transepts are rose windows containing stained glass. Elsewhere the windows are lancets.[1] [5]
Interior [ ] The ceiling is barrel vaulted , boarded with hardwood, running through the nave and chancel. In the north transept is an organ and confessionals are in the south transept. The chancel has a yellow sandstone wall and a marble floor; the walls of the nave are plastered.[1] Clipsham stone, and the stained glass comes from Cologne .[5] Gray & Davison .[6]
See also [ ]
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References [ ]
^ a b c d Historic England , "Church of St Michael, Ditton (1325926)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 20 July 2012 ^ Widnes Archdiocese of Liverpool , retrieved 19 March 2008 ^ Diggle, Rev. G. E. (1961), A History of Widnes , Widnes: Corporation of Widnes, pp. 67–68 ^ 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
^ a b c Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 657, ISBN 0-300-10910-5 ^ "NPOR [C00178]" , National Pipe Organ Register British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 1 July 2020
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