Building record 15810/1 - Church of St. George, Poynton

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 407610 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Church, 1858-9 by Crowther, south steeple 1884-5 by Medland and Henry Taylor. Late thirteenth century style. Coursed rubble, steeply-pitched slate roof. Nave, two aisles, chancel, porch on south side with steeple in south-east corner. Aisle of five bays with simple two-light cusped windows but clerestorey of six bays with alternative circular and two-light cusped windows. Buttresses with offsets and gable crosses. West end of nave has two, very slim, cusped lancets and sexfoil rose window above. Geometrical east window of four lights. Heavily buttressed tower with octagonal stair turret of three stages. Twin-louvred bell openings. Broached octagonal spire with lucarnes. South porch has chamfered pointed arch of a single order with inner arch savagely cusped.

Interior: Nave of three bays, arcades on octagonal piers. Chancel arch on corbelled colonettes; stone sedilia and piscinae. Wagon roofs in nave and chancel. Stained glass east window in north arcade by J Aldam Heaton, now worn and blurred. Some other early Victorian glass. (see 2).

<2> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.545 (Book). SCH7059.

Church built 1858-9 and designed by the Manchester architect J.S. Crowther. Later belfry and spire built 1884-5 and designed by the Manchester based architects J. Medland & Henry Taylor. Built in an early thirteenth century style. Original chancel fittings lost.

Stained glass
East and south-east: probably by Arthur O'Connor
North aisle east: John Aldam Heaton c.1886
Mothers Union window: Edwin Wright c.1935

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 30/03/2023 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.