St David’s Church, Wettenhall, near Winsford
St David’s Church Wettenhall was consecrated on Wednesday week. The style is a simple Gothic type of the 13th century. The building, which is cruciform in shape and consists of nave, transepts, porch, is of brick, with a little of the red stone from the old building, and white Kelsall stone, sparingly introduced. The dimensions are - from east to west 67 feet 5 inches; from the north to the south walls of the transepts 36 feet 5 inches; the nave being 14 feet 4 inches wide. The sittings will accommodate 200 persons. Mr James Redford ARIBA 43 Lower Mosley Street, Manchester and Mr J A Davenport of Over near Winsford are the architects and Mr Peter Hodgkinson of Booth-lane Head, Sandbach, the builder. [Building News 12 August 1870 Page 123].
Reference Building News 12 August 1870 Page 123
Reference Manchester Guardian 17 July 1869 Page 8 (Contracts)