St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge
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St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge, from the south
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 St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°18′16″N 2°14′19″W / 53.3044°N 2.2387°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 841 786 |
| Location | Alderley Edge, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Philip, Alderley Edge |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Philip |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 6 July 1984 |
| Architect(s) |
J. S. Crowther F. P. Oakley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1853 |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Alderley Edge |
| Deanery | Knutsford |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Patricia (Jane) Parry |
| Assistant priest(s) | Revd. Canon Professor Loveday Alexander |
St Philip's Church is in the village of Alderley Edge, 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 Knutsford. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "large, ambitious, and unmistakably prosperous-looking".
St Philip's was designed by the Manchester architect J. S. Crowther, and was his first independent work. It originated in 1851–52 when the nave, the south aisle and the chancel were built. In 1856–57 the north aisle, a further bay on the west of the church, and a steeple to the south of the church, were added. A vestry was added in 1903 to a design by F. P. Oakley.
The church is built in hammer-dressed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The slate roof is in bands of three colours. Its architectural style is Decorated. The plan of the church consists of a six-bay nave with north and south aisles, each under its own ridge, a three-bay chancel, a hexagonal vestry, and a southwest tower with a spire. The tower is in four stages with angle buttresses and the spire has three levels of lucarnes.
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