St Mary's Church, Disley

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Coordinates: 53°21′27″N 2°02′22″W / 53.3575°N 2.0395°W / 53.3575; -2.0395
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St Mary's Church, Disley
Style
Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
MaterialsBuff sandstone, flat roof [part s/steel, part asphalt]
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryMacclesfield
DeaneryChadkirk
ParishSt Mary, Disley
Clergy
Vicar(s)Rev Stuart Cornes
Laity
Reader(s)Paul Clarkson, John Owens,
Janet Aspinall, Jack Fuller, Rob Stoba
Churchwarden(s)Jenny Kidd, Geoff Williamson
Parish administratorAnita Blower

St Mary's Church is an

Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Chadkirk. It is on a hill overlooking the village of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1] Its benefice is combined with that of St John, Furness Vale.[2]

History

The original church was intended as a

Thomas Lee, and they were enlarged in 1835 by Samuel Howard.[4]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built of buff sandstone and originally had a lead roof.[1] This was replaced by modern materials during the 1980s.[citation needed] The plan of the church consists of a west porch and tower, a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a single-bay chancel. The tower has four stages, with angle buttresses. The parapet is castellated and includes the bases of eight pinnacles. On top of the tower is a wrought iron weather vane that was formerly on Stockport parish church. The tower has a three-light west window with straight mullions and three-light louvred bell openings. On the south face is a sundial. The porch was originally on south of the church. This is castellated with crocketted pinnacles and a central cross.[1]

Interior

Inside the church are galleries at the west end and over the aisles.

George IV.[5] The windows contain medieval glass from the Continent.[3][6] The organ was built by Samuel Renn in 1836 and rebuilt in 1882 by Alex Young.[7] It was renovated in 1949 by Jardine and restored by Church and Company of Stamfordham in 1977. The organ case of 1836 by Renn is still in place.[8] There is a ring of six bells, all cast by Thomas Mears II at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1837.[9] The parish registers begin in 1591.[3]

External features

The

Merchant Navy Master, an army officer, and a sergeant of World War II.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Disley (1231620)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  2. ^ St Mary's Parish Church, Disley, Church of England, retrieved 28 December 2010
  3. ^
    OCLC 719918
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  5. ISBN 0-907768-18-0
  6. ^ Disley, St Mary, Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) of Great Britain (Stained glass), retrieved 2 January 2011
  7. National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies
    , retrieved 30 June 2020
  8. National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies
    , retrieved 30 June 2020
  9. ^ Disley S Mary, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 10 August 2008
  10. ^ Historic England, "Lych gate to Church of St Mary, Disley (1277464)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  11. ^ Historic England, "Tomb of Samuel Brady in the churchyard of St Mary, Disley (1231676)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  12. ^ Historic England, "Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary, Disley (1231677)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  13. ^ Historic England, "Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary, Disley (1012882)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
  14. ^ DISLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013

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