St George's Church, Heaviley
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St George's Church, Heaviley, from the east
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 St George's Church, Heaviley
Location in Greater Manchester
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| Coordinates: 53°23′50″N 2°09′06″W / 53.3972°N 2.1518°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 900,889 |
| Location | Buxton Road, Heaviley, , Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
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| History | |
| Dedication | Saint George |
| Consecrated | 25 February 1897 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 10 March 1975 |
| Architect(s) | Hubert Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1893 |
| Completed | 1897 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | c. 1,200 |
| Length | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Width | 75 feet (23 m) |
| Spire height | 236 feet (72 m) |
| Materials | Runcorn sandstone |
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| Parish | Stockport, Saint George |
| Deanery | Stockport |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Canon Elaine Chegwin Hall |
| Assistant priest(s) | Revd Sandra Woodhead |
| Curate(s) | Revd Alec Curio |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Michael Coupe, Peter Hall |
| Director of music | John Horton |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sue Burt, Peter Smith |
St George's Church is in Buxton Road, Heaviley, an area of , Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockport, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Gabriel, Adswood. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is "by far the grandest church of Stockport", and state "St George is a church on a splendid scale". According to the visitors' guide to the church, the Rt Revd Geoffrey Fisher, former Archbishop of Canterbury, said that it is "the finest church built in England since the Reformation".
The foundation stone was laid in 1893, and the church was consecrated on 25 February 1897. It was designed by Hubert Austin of the Lancaster architectural practice of Paley, Austin and Paley. The church forms part of a group of buildings, also including the vicarage and schools, that were paid for by George Fearn, a local brewer. The total cost of the church and its associated buildings is said to have been nearly £80,000 (equivalent to £8,040,000 in 2015).
The church is constructed in Runcorn red sandstone. Its architectural style is Perpendicular, with "traces of Art Nouveau". Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south porches, a tower at the crossing, and a chancel and sanctuary with a Lady Chapel to the north, an organ chamber to the south, and a vestry to the southeast. The tower has an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles linked by flying buttresses to the spire. At the east end, flanking the windows, are large buttresses. The east and west windows have seven lights, and the windows along the sides of the nave have four lights. The church is 180 feet (55 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide, the tower is 112 feet (34 m) high, and with the spire raises to 236 feet (72 m).
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