St Mary's Church, Congleton | |
Imagealt: | St Mary's Church, Congleton |
Pushpin Map: | Cheshire |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Map Caption: | Location in Cheshire |
Location: | West Road, Congleton, Cheshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.1644°N -2.2226°W |
Osgraw: | SJ 852 631 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Dedication: | Virgin Mary |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Heritage Designation: | Grade II |
Designated Date: | 4 April 1975 |
Architect: | Father John Hall |
Architectural Type: | Church |
Completed Date: | 1826 |
Materials: | Brick, slate roof |
St Mary's Church is in West Road, Congleton, Cheshire, England. It is a Roman Catholic church recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The listing includes the adjoining presbytery.
St Mary's Church was built in 1826, and designed by Father John Hall, a priest from Macclesfield. The presbytery dates from 1830.[1]
The church is constructed in red brick, stands on a stone plinth, and has a slate roof. The façade facing the road is in two storeys. It has a central doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight, and two windows also with semicircular heads. At the top is a pediment containing a niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary. The east end is slightly polygonal. Inside the church is a tripartite screen carried on Ionic columns. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that, apart from the niche containing the statue, it is similar to a Methodist church of the time.[1] The presbytery also has a doorway with a semicircular head and a radial fanlight. Its windows are sashes.[1]