Christ Church, Alsager is in the town of Alsager, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ789556). The church is a Grade II* listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.[2]
History
The church was built in 1789–90 at the expense of three "Ladies of the Manor of Alsager", Mary, Margaret and Judith Alsager to a design by Thomas Stringer. It was a chapel of ease to St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley and became a parish church in 1946. To celebrate the centenary of the church a new organ was acquired and dedicated in 1889. [3]
Structure
The church is built in ashlar yellow Keuper sandstone in Georgian style. Its plan consists of a west tower, a six-bay nave and a three-bay chancel with an apse. At the sides of the west door are Tuscan demi-columns supporting a frieze and a pediment which has an acroterion block at its top. Above this the tower has a clock stage with a clock face on each side and a belfry stage with louvred bell-openings on each side. At the top of the tower is a dentilled cornice and a balustrade. The windows at the sides of the church are round-headed.[1] The bays are separated by giant pilasters.[4]
Fittings and furniture
Inside the church is a west gallery. The gallery is panelled, as are the nave and chancel to dado height. In the chancel the panelling is divided by fluted pilasters.[1] The font is an 18th century baluster with and octagonal bowl. The church plate includes a communion set dated 1789.[4] In the church are three plaques to the memory of five "Ladies of the Manor of Alsager".[5] The parish registers begin in 1789 for baptisms and burials and in 1852 for marriages.[3] The organ was built by Stringer & Co and rebuilt in 1990 by Ward and Smith.[6] The tower contains a ring of eight bells, hung for change ringing, six of which date to 1893, and the others to 1902, all cast by John Taylor & Co, Loughborough.[7]
External features
Outside the church is a pair of gate piers in yellow sandstone by Thomas Stringer dating from around 1790. On top of the piers are vase finials standing on a stepped base.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of Christ, Alsager, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56474, retrieved 20 January 2008
- ^ Churches in the Diocese, Diocese of Chester, http://www.chester.anglican.org/churches.asp, retrieved 24 April 2009
- ^ a b Church history, Christ Church Alsager, http://www.christchurch-alsager.org.uk/history.htm, retrieved 20 January 2008
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard (2003) [1971], The Buildings of England: Cheshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 58–59, ISBN 0 300 09588 0
- ^ Morant, Roland W. (1989), Cheshire Churches, Birkenhead: Countyvise, pp. 95, ISBN 0 907768 18 0
- ^ Alsager Christ Church, British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/BOASearch.cgi?Fn=GSearch&boa_ref=22799&, retrieved 24 April 2009
- ^ "Alsager, Christ Church", Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (Central Council for Church Bell Ringers), http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=alsager&DoveID=ALSAGER, retrieved 16 July 2008
- ^ Images of England: Pair of gate piers, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56475, retrieved 20 January 2008
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