St Mark's Church, Saltney

Church in Cheshire, England
53°10′45″N 2°54′54″W / 53.1791°N 2.9151°W / 53.1791; -2.9151OS grid referenceSJ 389 651LocationHigh Street, Saltney, CheshireCountryEnglandDenominationAnglicanWebsiteSt Mark, SaltneyHistoryStatusParish churchArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationGrade IIDesignated17 February 1994Architect(s)T. M. LockwoodArchitectural typeChurchStyleGothic RevivalGroundbreaking1892Completed1893SpecificationsMaterialsBrick with stone bands
Slate roofsAdministrationProvinceYorkDioceseChesterArchdeaconryChesterDeaneryChesterParishLache-cum-SaltneyClergyVicar(s)Revd Hennie JohnstonAssistant priest(s)Revd Wendy Steadman
Revd Simon ChestersCurate(s)Rev Jon PhillipsLaityReader(s)David Williams
Geoff BeltonChurchwarden(s)Denise Baxter-Smallwood
Mike JohnsonParish administratorJoanne Lucas

St Mark's Church is in High Street, Saltney, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St Matthew, Saltney Ferry, and Sandy Lane Family Church, Lache-cum-Saltney.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

St Mark's was built in 1892–93, and designed by the Chester architect T. M. Lockwood.[3]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red Ruabon brick, with stone bands, and has Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, a north timber-framed porch, a northeast vestry, a chancel with an apse, and a south chapel, also with an apse. It has a bellcote standing on the ridge of the nave rather than on a gable. At the west end are triple lancet windows flanked by buttresses. Around the church are more lancet windows. The bellcote consists of a tier of panels, above which is a tier of louvred bell openings, and a slated steeple surmounted by a weathervane. On each side of the nave roof are three louvred and gabled lucarnes. The stained glass includes some late work from the Kempe Studios designed by W. E. Tower.[2][3]

See also

  • iconCheshire portal
  • Grade II listed buildings in Chester (south)

References

  1. ^ St Mark, Lache-cum-Saltney, Church of England, retrieved 20 February 2012
  2. ^ a b Historic England, "Church of St Mark, Chester (1375857)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 February 2012
  3. ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 282, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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