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St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey

St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey
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St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey, from the southwest
St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey is located in Greater Manchester
St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey
St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey
Location in Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°26′00″N 2°20′38″W / 53.4332°N 2.3440°W / 53.4332; -2.3440
OS grid reference SJ 773 930
Location Church Lane,
Ashton upon Mersey,
Sale, Greater Manchester
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Martin, Ashton upon Mersey
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 11 November 1966
Architect(s) W. H. Brakspear, George Truefitt
Architectural type Church
Completed 1887
Specifications
Materials Lymm sandstone
Slate and tile roofs
Timber-framed top stage to tower
Administration
Parish Ashton upon Mersey
Deanery Bowden
Archdeaconry Macclesfield
Diocese Chester
Province York
Laity
Organist(s) Jan Archer
Churchwarden(s) Margaret Holt, Audrey Black

St Martin's Church is in Church Lane, Ashton upon Mersey, a district of Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon.

The first church, probably timber-framed, was built in 1304 on the site of an old Saxon burial place. In 1704 it was destroyed by a storm. A new church was built in 1714 for Joshua Allen. In 1874 a baptistery by W. H. Brakspear was added. In 1886, the turret and clock were removed and the following year a new tower was built, it was designed by George Truefitt for Sir Williams Cunliffe Brooks. In the same year a ring of 13 bells was installed and a new lych gate was built.

The church is built in Lymm sandstone with slate and tile roofs. Its plan consists of a wide nave of four bays, a south porch, a north baptistery, and a chancel with an adjoining tower containing a vestry to the south. The tower is square, its top stage being timber-framed. It contains a clock face to the south, gables on each side and an elaborate weather vane. The baptistry is octagonal with a pyramidal roof.


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