St Philip's Church, Kelsall Explained

St Philip's Church, Kelsall
Pushpin Map:Cheshire
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Map Caption:Location in Cheshire
Location:Kelsall, Cheshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.2081°N -2.7115°W
Osgraw:SJ 526 681
Website:St Philip, Kelsall
Dedication:Saint Philip
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade II
Designated Date:8 November 1985
Architect:Thomas Bower
Architectural Type:Church
Style:Gothic Revival
Completed Date:1860
Materials:Sandstone, slate roof
Parish:St Philip, Kelsall
Deanery:Chester
Archdeaconry:Chester
Diocese:Chester
Province:York
Vicar:Revd Peter John Mackriell

St Philip's Church is in the village of Kelsall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built in 1860 to a design by Thomas Bower of Nantwich.

Architecture

St Philip's is constructed in sandstone with a roof of Welsh slates and a red tiled ridge. Its architectural style is Decorated. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a north vestry. A bellcote stands on the east end of the nave. The windows along the sides of the church are divided by buttresses. In the nave the windows have two-lights with alternating quatrefoil and trefoil heads, and contain plate tracery. The chancel windows are pairs of lancets with trefoil heads. The east window has three lights, and the west window four lights. The vestry has a pyramidal roof. The two-manual organ was built in 1900 by Nicholson and Lord.

External features

The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I, and two airmen of World War II.

See also

External links