St Oswald's Church, Brereton
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St Oswald's Church, Brereton, from the south
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 St Oswald's Church, Brereton
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°10′47″N 2°19′43″W / 53.1797°N 2.3285°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 782 648 |
| Location | Brererton Green, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Oswald, Brereton |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 14 February 1967 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Perpendicular |
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| Materials | Red sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Brereton |
| Deanery | Congleton |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Robin Mosley |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Barry Edmonds John Marrow |
| Parish administrator | Alison Baker |
St Oswald's Church is situated to the north of the village of Brereton Green, adjacent to Brereton Hall, in the civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Croco. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is described as "an unusually complete late Perpendicular church". It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton. Its benefice is combined with those of Christ Church, Eaton, and St Michael, Hulme Walfield.
A chapel was on the site of the church in the reign of Richard I. At that time it was in the parish of Astbury and it became a parish church in the reign of Henry VIII. The present church dates from around 1550 and it was restored in 1903.
The church is built in Perpendicular style in red sandstone. Its plan consists of a tower at the west end, a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a two-bay chancel. The tower is embraced by the west ends of the aisles. It is surmounted by a battlemented parapet and crocketed pinnacles. There is no chancel arch, but the chancel roof is lower than that of the nave. The nave and aisle roofs have parapets while the chancel is embattled.
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