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All Saints Church, Balterley

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OS grid reference
  
SJ 761 504

Denomination
  
Anglican

Opened
  
1901

Diocese
  
Diocese of Chester

Deanery
  
Congleton

Country
  
England

Functional status
  
Active

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Province of York

Architect
  
Sharpe, Paley and Austin

All Saints Church, Balterley

Location
  
Balterley, Staffordshire

Website
  
All Saints Memorial Church, Balterley

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

All Saints Church is in the village of Balterley, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Bertoline, Barthomley. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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History

The church was built in 1901 to a design by the Lancaster firm of architects, Austin and Paley.

Architecture

All Saints is constructed in brick with ashlar dressings, and has a red tiled roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The plan consists of a two-bay nave and a single-bay chancel in a single cell, a northeast vestry, a southwest porch, and a bellcote at the west end. Buttresses externally mark the division between the nave and the chancel. Along the sides of the church are three two-light windows. The lateral windows have square heads. The central windows are taller, and rise through the eaves forming dormers; they contain Decorated-style tracery. The east window has three lights with Perpendicular tracery. On the north side of the vestry is a three-light window and a door. The bellcote has a gable surmounted by a cross finial.

Inside the church, the octagonal font is in marble with a small wooden cover. The wooden pulpit is also octagonal. The reredos is panelled, and is decorated with shields.

References

All Saints Church, Balterley Wikipedia