St Michael's Church, Coppenhall
St Michael's Church is in the Coppenhall area of Crewe, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich.[2]
| St Michael's Church, Coppenhall | |
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 St Michael's Church, Coppenhall | |
  St Michael's Church, Coppenhall Location in Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 702 566 |
| Location | Crewe, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Catholic |
| Membership | Society of St Wilfrid and Hilda https://www.sswsh.com/index.php |
| Website | St Michael, Coppenhall |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | c. 1373 |
| Dedication | Saint Michael |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 14 June 1984 |
| Architect(s) | James Brooks J. Brooks, Son & Adkins |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Groundbreaking | 1883 |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red brick with slate roofs Copper-covered flèche |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Coppenhall |
| Deanery | Nantwich |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Glyn Webster Assistant Bishop Chester http://www.seeofbeverley.org.uk/index.php |
| Rector | Fr.John Xavier Leal SSC |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sandra Hough Shirley Oakes |
History
A timber-framed church was built on the site around 1373.[1] The structure of the present church dates from 1883–86 when the chancel was built to a design by James Brooks. The nave was added to a design by J. Brooks, Son and Adkins in 1907–10.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in red brick with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, transepts and a chancel with an organ to its north and a chapel to its south. Over the crossing is a copper-covered flèche. The church is built on a blue brick plinth and has a stone cill band and stone lancet windows.[1]
Interior
To the west of the church is the baptistery which contains a marble font with an oak crocketted cover. The reredos is painted in the style of an icon. The pulpit is of oak. On the walls are alabaster memorials and timber Stations of the Cross.[1] The three-manual organ was built around 1900 by Forster and Andrews, and rebuilt in 1977 with alterations, by Sixsmith.[4] The organ was rebuilt in 2017, again by Sixsmith, taking the opportunity to remove any asbestos in the structure.
External features
The churchyard contains the double war grave of the twin Villiers-Russell brothers, Senior Sick Berth Attendants of the Royal Navy Auxiliary Reserve, who died in the torpedoing of HMS Formidable during World War I, in 1915.[5]
See also
References
- Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Crewe (1330090)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 July 2012
- St Michael, Coppenhall, Church of England, retrieved 14 December 2010
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 310, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- "NPOR D08282", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 1 July 2020
- COPPENHALL (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013