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Latitude: 53.3625 / 53°21'44"N
Longitude: -2.7611 / 2°45'39"W
OS Eastings: 349448
OS Northings: 385334
OS Grid: SJ494853
Mapcode National: GBR 9Y5K.1C
Mapcode Global: WH87J.KRF4
Plus Code: 9C5V966Q+XH
Entry Name: Church of St Michael
Listing Date: 31 October 1983
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1325926
English Heritage Legacy ID: 56058
ID on this website: 101325926
Location: St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Ditton, Halton, Cheshire, WA8
County: Halton
Electoral Ward/Division: Riverside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Widnes
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Ditton St Michael with St Thomas
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival
SJ 48 NE FORMER BOROUGH OF WIDNES ST MICHAEL'S ROAD,
Ditton
1/97 Church of St.Michael
II*
Catholic Church 1876-9, by Henry Clutton, in red sandstone ashlar with
slate roof. Cruciform with 8 bay arcade which passes the short
transepts and takes in the chancel. At the west end of the nave there
is an impressive tower with steep saddleback roof. The main entrance,
in the tower, is a pair of large board filled 3 panel doors in a
Gothic opening with treble shaft treatment, this idea is extended
upwards to the 3 bell-stage lancets which are framed by shafts with
rings. The gables of the chancel and transepts have rose windows with
stained glass, elsewhere windows are large lancets. Steep pitched
roof with crested ridge tiles surrounded by eaves parapet in the form
of a continuous open arcade.
Interior: Twin coupled shafts with early Gothic style crocket caps
run throughout the length of the building and support Gothic aisle
arches and a hardwood boarded barrel vaulted ceiling which is common
to the chancel and nave. The north transept has the organ and the
south confessionals. The chancel has yellow sandstone walls and
marble floors, whereas the nave has plastered walls.
Built for a Jesuit community expelled from Germany in 1872.
Listing NGR: SJ4944885334
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