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St Michael's Church, Wincle

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OS grid reference
  
SJ 959 662

Country
  
England

Website
  
St Michael's Wincle

Opened
  
1882

Diocese
  
Diocese of Chester

Dedication
  
Michael

Location
  
Wincle, Cheshire

Denomination
  
Anglican

Functional status
  
Active

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Province of York

St Michael's Church, Wincle

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Zion Chapel - Chester, St Nicholas' Chapel, St George's Church - Macclesfield, St Luke's Church - Dunham, St Mary's and St Michael's

St Michael's Church is in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary, Bosley, St Michael, North Rode, and St Saviour, Wildboarclough. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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History

The original church was built in 1647 on the site of a Neolithic burial mound. A tower was added about 1815, and the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1882 by Edward Witts.

Architecture

The church is built in buff coursed rubble gritstone with a roof of banded grey tiles. The tower is at the west end and the body of the church has five bays. There are no aisles. The tower is in three stages, with a plain west window and bell openings with louvres of Kerridge stone. The top of the tower is battlemented. Over the priest's door is a lintel from the older church which is dated 1647. In the church is a font dated 1861. The interior of the church is "unadorned".

References

St Michael's Church, Wincle Wikipedia