All Saints Chapel, Somerford
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All Saints Chapel, Somerford
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 All Saints Chapel, Somerford, west face
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| Coordinates: 53°10′49″N 2°16′43″W / 53.1804°N 2.2786°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 815 648 |
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| Location | Somerford, near Brereton Heath, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | All Saints, Somerford |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Chapel of ease |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 14 February 1967 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Completed | 1725 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Chequer brick |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Astbury and Smallwood |
| Deanery | Congleton |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd Jonathan David Sharples |
All Saints Chapel, Somerford is in an isolated position near the hamlet of Brereton Heath, between Congleton and Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1] It is in the Anglican benefice of Astbury and Smallwood in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the diocese of Chester.[2]
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History
It was built in 1725 as a domestic chapel to Somerford Hall by Peter Shackerley. Since 1943 it has been a chapel of ease.[3] The hall, other than one wing and the stables, has been demolished.[4]
Architecture
The chapel is built in chequer brick in four bays.[5] All the corners have chamfered quoins. On the west face is a central doorway above which is a rectangular datestone. Above this is a round-arched window and a clock face. On the summit of the gable are ball finials. The eastern face has a three-light window above which is an oval oeil de boeuf window and finials similar to those on the west face. The north and south faces have four round-arched windows with ashlar surrounds.[1]
Internally the lower parts of the walls are panelled. On top of the panels is a 19th-century frieze and cornice. At the western end of the chapel is a gallery which is supported by Corinthian columns and on the left of the gallery is an enclosed pew. At the eastern end of the chapel is a reredos with three painted panels. The left panel has an extract from St Matthew's Gospel and the right panel has the Creed. The central panel is overlaid by a 20th–century panel of embroidery.[1] The east window was replaced in 1919 with a memorial window to three members of the Shakerley family who died in the First World War. On the north side of the altar is a 17th-century memorial to Elizabeth Shakerley who died in 1691.[3]
External features
In the churchyard is the grave of Peter Shakerley, founder of the chapel, who died in 1726.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Chapel at Somerford Hall", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1309761, retrieved 2 May 2011
- ^ All Saints, Somerford, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/somerford-all-saints/, retrieved 30 August 2009
- ^ a b c Morant, Roland W. (1989), Cheshire Churches, Birkenhead: Countyvise, p. 174, ISBN 0-907768-18-0
- ^ Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire, Malvern: Folly Publications, p. 70, ISBN 1-871731-23-2
- ^ Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 585–586, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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