St Peter's Church, Swettenham

St Peter's Church, Swettenham
St Peter's Church, Swettenham, from the south
St Peter's Church, Swettenham Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°12′05″N 2°17′59″W / 53.2013°N 2.2996°W / 53.2013; -2.2996
OS grid reference	SJ 801 672
Location	Swettenham, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Swettenham, St Peter
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	14 February 1967
Architect(s)	J. M. Derrick (1846 restoration)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival Gothic Revival
Completed	1926
Specifications
Materials	Brick and stone Slate roofs
Administration
Parish	Swettenham
Deanery	Congleto n
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Ian Godfrey

Congleto

St Peter's Church is in the village of Swettenham, Cheshire, England. The church 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 Congleton. Its benefice is combined with that of St Luke, Goostrey.

It is considered that a Norman church followed by a timber-framed church was on the site of the present church. This was encased in brick in 1720 and the timber framework was lost partly at this time and partly during later restorations. In 1846 a restoration was carried out by J. M. Derrick in Romanesque style and a Victorian restoration in 1865 was in Gothic Revival style. Another restoration took place in 1926.

The plan of the church consists of a west tower, a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a north porch. The tower is built in brick, as is the wall of the north aisle, while the wall of the south aisle is stone. The roofs are of slate. On the west face of the tower is a door above which is a window and above that a clock in a diamond-shaped wooden frame. On the top of the tower is a brick parapet with a stone coping and vase finials on the corners, and a weather vane on a high-standing metal support. Above the north porch is a sculpture of an ass's head upon the coronet of a marquess, which is the crest of the Mainwaring family.