Description

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SJ 7560
918-/1/17
11.8.50

SANDBACH
HIGH STREET
Church of St Mary

GV
II*

Anglican Church. C15, restored in 1847-49 by George Gilbert
Scott, and signed above the west entrance. Sandstone, in many
places casing the original masonry; repaired in 1894-5
following fire at the west end; choir vestry by Austin and
Paley of 1930. Furnishings of various dates. Choir and nave of
five bays, with aisles, side chapels and west tower; choir
vestry projects from northwest. The base of the latter is open
on three sides and spans a public footpath across the
churchyard. Largely Perpendicular Gothic style, with
authentically medieval masonry of C13 and C15 to arcades,
particularly on the south side.
Interior furnishings of note include: Caen stone font,
southwest corner of nave, 1859 by builder Thomas Stringer,
with the Romanesque stone font opposite. Leversage Arms in
panelled ceiling, north aisle, c1587, choir stalls, pulpit and
carved Jacobean altar.
Excellent collection of monuments installed by Scott along the
aisle walls. Of particular note is the marble relief of the
Rev. John Armistead, M. A. Vicar from 1828-65, designed by G.
F. Watts and sculpted by George Nelson in 1876. For a full
account see John Minshull, 'A Short History and Description of
St. Mary's Church Sandbach, Cheshire', rev. ed. 1990.

Listing NGR: SJ7595360775

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Church, Sandbach at Wikipedia
• St Mary's Church, Sandbach official website
• Wikidata Q7594417

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback