Building Name

Church of All Saints Church Road Cheadle Hulme

Date
1862 - 1863
Street
Church Road
District/Town
Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New Build
Contractor
Thackrah and Pierce

CHESHIRE - A new church has just been begun at Cheadle Hulme. The design (which provides for extension) consists of nave, chancel, and south transept, with vestry and organ chamber on the north side of the chancel. There is a timber belfry at the north‑west of the nave. The font stands at the extreme west end; the pulpit on the south side of the chancel arch. Then is a credence table on the north side of the sanctuary, and sedilia on the south. The contract has been taken by Messrs. Thackrah and Peirce, of Stockport. The architect, whose design was chosen in competition, is Mr J Medland Taylor, of Manchester. [Building News 25 April 1862 page 295].

CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHEADLE HULME, CHESHIRE - THIS church has been consecrated. The style is Geometric- The nave is 25% feet broad, and 52 feet long, divided into four bays. In the south-west corner is the porch. To the west of this is the bell turret, rising to a height of 65 feet. The belfry is of open timber framing. The nave is lighted by six couplets of chamfered unfoliated lancets on the north and south sides, and on the west by a window of two lights, with a sexfoiled circle in the head. Just below this window stands the font, which is of Caen stone, sustained by columns with shafts of red Mansfield stone. Against the south pier of the chancel arch is the pulpit, which is chiefly of Caen stone, with shafted columns of polished Cornish serpentine. Projecting on the south side of the nave is a transept lighted by three small lancets east and west, and by a rose window in the gable. In the west wall is a trefoil-headed door, intended chiefly for the use of the school children. The chancel is entered from the nave by a chamfered arch sustained by corbelled columns of Mansfield stone, with carved caps and bases. The roof is of the cradle form, all the rafters being framed and braced. The floor rises one step from the nave, and the sanctuary two steps more, the communion-table standing on a foot-pace. The east window is of three lights, with traceried and foliated head. On the south are two trefoiled lancets. The choir seats are placed stallwise. The reredos has been formed by Mr. Young, of Manchester, of Minton’s tiles, and contains legends and emblems. The floors are laid with red and blue Stafford- shire tiles, in ornamental patterns. The sedilia are of stained deal. There is an aisle on the north side, springing from the chancel by an arch of two chamfered orders, ant screened off for a vestry and organ chamber. The walls are of a cream- coloured stone, relieved by arches over windows and doors of a grey tint. The gables of the nave and chancel are surmounted by crosses. The church, which seats 300 persons, has been completed for £1200. The architect was Mr. J. M. Taylor, of Manchester; and the contractors were Messrs. Thackrah and Pierce, of Stockport. [The Civil Engineer and Architect’s Journal. 1 September 1863 page 258]

Reference    Manchester Courier 26 April 1862 Page 9
Reference    Building News 25 April 1862 page 295
Reference    Manchester Courier 21 June 1862 Page 6 Column 6
Reference    Builder 5 July 1862 Page 474 - foundation stone
Reference    Manchester Guardian 13 August 1863 page 2 – consecration
Reference    The Civil Engineer and Architect’s Journal. 1 September 1863 page 258
Reference    Pevsner Cheshire Page 129