| St Philip's Church, Kelsall | |
|---|---|
 St Philip's Church, Kelsall, from the southeast | |
  St Philip's Church, Kelsall Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°12′29″N 2°42′41″W / 53.2081°N 2.7115°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 526 681 |
| Location | Kelsall, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Philip, Kelsall |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Philip |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 8 November 1985 |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Bower |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1860 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Deanery | Chester |
| Parish | St Philip, Kelsall |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Peter John Mackriell |
St Philip's Church is in the village of Kelsall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
The church was built in 1860 to a design by Thomas Bower of Nantwich.[3]
Architecture
St Philip's is constructed in sandstone with a roof of Welsh slates and a red tiled ridge. Its architectural style is Decorated. The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a north vestry. A bellcote stands on the east end of the nave. The windows along the sides of the church are divided by buttresses. In the nave the windows have two-lights with alternating quatrefoil and trefoil heads, and contain plate tracery. The chancel windows are pairs of lancets with trefoil heads. The east window has three lights, and the west window four lights. The vestry has a pyramidal roof.[2] The two-manual organ was built in 1900 by Nicholson and Lord.[4]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I, and two airmen of World War II.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ St Philip, Kelsall, Church of England, retrieved 12 February 2012
- 1 2 Historic England, "Church of St Philip, Kelsall (1130533)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 February 2012
- ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 418, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ↑ "NPOR [D04430]", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 2 July 2020
- ↑ KELSALL (ST. PHILIP) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013
