Church St Mary the Virgin Higher Buxton

A new mission church to accommodate about 400 persons and dedicated to St Mary the Virgin was recently opened in Higher Buxton. The building has been erected from designs by Mr C Heathcote, architect of Manchester and  Buxton, and contains a chancel and two vestries, a porch entrance at the west end and the seating is by chairs. A panelled altar in oak has been designed by the architect and made by Mr F W Booth of Oakdene. The building has been erected by the Patent Wire Wove Roofing Company. [ Builder 27 February 1897 page 207]

Reference           Builder 27 February 1897 page 207