St Mary's Church, Weaverham

St Mary's Church, Weaverham
St Mary's Church, Weaverham, from the west
St Mary's Church, Weaverham Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°15′50″N 2°34′33″W / 53.2638°N 2.5758°W / 53.2638; -2.5758
OS grid reference	SJ 616,743
Location	Weaverham, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Mary, Weaverham
History
Dedication	St Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	3 January 1967
Architect(s)	Anthony Salvin, John Douglas (restorations)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials	Red sandstone Welsh slate roof
Administration
Parish	Weaverham
Deanery	Middlewich
Archdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Chester
Diocese	Diocese of Chester
Province	Province of York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Andrew Brown
Curate(s)	Revd Jenny Brown

St Mary's Church is in the village of Weaverham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.

A church was present on the site at the time of the Norman conquest. Edward I gave the advowson of the vicarage to Vale Royal Abbey. After the dissolution of the monasteries, this was given by Henry VIII to the Bishop of Chester. The west tower dates from the middle of the 15th century and the rest of the church from the 16th century. Restorations were carried out in 1855 by Anthony Salvin, and in 1877 by John Douglas, when the porch and vestry were added.

The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. The plan of the church consists of a tower at the west end leading to a five-bay nave and chancel with no architectural division, and north and south aisles terminating in chapels. The church is wider at its west end than at the east end. The chapel at the east end of the south aisle is the Wilbraham (formerly Grange) chapel and that at the east end of the north aisle is the Heath (formerly Crowton) Chapel.