Listed Building: NORCLIFFE CHAPEL (1222255)
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| Grade | II |
|---|---|
| Authority | Department for Culture Media and Sport |
| Volume/Map/Item | 203, 1, 249 |
| Date assigned | 06 July 1984 |
| Date last amended |
Description
SJ 88 SW WILMSLOW FORMER U.D. ALTRINCHAM ROAD (South Side) Styal
1/249 Norcliffe Chapel
GV II
Formerly Baptist Chapel, from 1833 Unitarian Chapel: 1823 for Samuel Greg, chancel and porch 1857 for Robert Greg and club room added 1905. English garden wall bond red brick, stone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate roof, and stone ridge. 5-bay nave, 3-bay chancel, south-east porch, and club room to north. Stone plinth and band at sill level. Bays of nave divided by later buttresses have stone rectangular windows with pairs of lancets. Open gabled timber-framed porch with trefoil headed entrance and lights. Behind is a 2-centred arched stone doorcase with a pair of studded oak doors. On the nave ridge is a square open timber bellcote with a tall pyramidal roof. Single trefoil lights in chancel with label moulds. East window of 3 lights with rose in apex. Interior: Nave has arch-braced tiebeam trusses sprung from stone corbels. Chancel arch on engaged quatrefoil colonnettes on stone corbels. Trefoil headed door to vestry. Memorials to Greg family are simple white marble plaques on black marble bases. Organ with painted pipes of 1882 by Forster and Andrews, Hull.
Listing NGR: SJ8344883448
External Links (1)
- https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1222255 (National Heritage List for England)
Sources (1)
- SCH4666 Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 414370. [Mapped features: #3475 414370; #8781 414370]
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 8344 8344 (30m by 21m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SJ88SW |
| Civil Parish | STYAL, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 1 2006 3:02PM