OS grid reference SJ 949 944 Denomination Church of England Dedication Saint George Phone +44 161 478 2608 | Country England Website St George, Hyde Opened 1832 Status Parish church | |
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Location Church Street, Hyde,
Greater Manchester Address Church St, Hyde SK14 1JZ, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Mary's Church - Stockport, St James' Church - Birkenhead, Werneth Low, St Mary's Church - Cheadle, Christ Church - Chester | ||
St George's Church is in Church Street, Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Mottram, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.
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History
St George's was built in 1831–32 to a design by T. W. and C. Atkinson. A grant of £4,788 (equivalent to £400,000 in 2015) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. It was originally a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Stockport. A shallow chancel was added in 1882–83. The interior of the church was remodelled in 1885, the pulpit being moved from its previous central position, the seating was changed, and the organ was relocated. Considerable damage was done to the structure and furnishings of the church in the 1980s by dry rot.
Architecture
The church is constructed in stone with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The plan consists of a seven-bay nave with north and south aisles, a single-bay chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages and contains a west door above which is a four-light window. The middle stage contains circular clock faces, and in the upper stage are two-light bell openings. At the top of the tower is a coped parapet. On the corners of the tower, and at the corners of the body of the church, are octagonal columns rising to form pinnacles. Along the sides of the church are lancet windows. The east window has five lights. On the wall of the south aisle is a sundial. In 1838 a two-manual pipe organ by Samuel Renn was installed. This was rebuilt in 1912 by Ravensdale of Stockport, but is no longer in the church. There is a ring of eight bells, all cast in 1920 by John Taylor and Company of Loughborough.