St Francis' Church, Chester

St Francis' Church, Chester
Church entrance
St Francis' Church, Chester Location in Chester
53°11′16″N 2°53′33″W / 53.1877°N 2.8926°W / 53.1877; -2.8926
OS grid reference	SJ 405 660
Location	Grosvenor Street, Chester, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	StFrancisChester.co.uk/
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Francis
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	6 August 1998
Architect(s)	Benjamin Bucknell James O'Byrne
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1862
Completed	1875
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slateroofs
Administration
Diocese	Shrewsbury

St Francis' Church is in Grosvenor Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Shrewsbury.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

Building of the church started in 1862 to a design by Benjamin Bucknell. After a number of problems and complications, it was completed between 1874 and 1875 by James O'Byrne.^[3] It was built for and is served by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.^[2]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red sandstone, and has roofs of banded grey and purple slates. At the west end is a narthex porch, above which is a five-light window. Over this is a pair of two-light Geometric windows flanking a canopied niche containing a statue of Saint Francis. On the east and west gables are stone cross finials.^[2] It is a wide church without aisles.^[3] Its interior is plastered, and is lined to give the appearance of stone. There is a west gallery containing an organ.^[2] The walls are thick, and are hollowed out internally to form chapels and confessionals.^[3] The organ was built by Gray and Davison in 1893, with additions by the same firm during the following year. It was restored in about 1998 by Rod Billingsley.^[4]

References

^ Our Parishes, The Chester Catholic, retrieved 20 February 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Historic England, "Church of St Francis, Chester (1376259)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 February 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 243–244, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
^ Cheshire, Chester, St. Francis of Assisi, Grosvenor Street (D05390), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 20 February 2012

External links

Official website

Churches in Cheshire

Cheshire portal

v t e Catholic church buildings in Cheshire, United Kingdom
St Columba's Church, Chester St Francis' Church, Chester St Werburgh's Church, Chester St Mary's Church, Congleton St Mary's Church, Crewe St Michael's Church, Ditton Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban's Church, Macclesfield St Oswald's Church, Padgate St Winefride's, Sandbach St Alban's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Bede's Church, Widnes
Catholicism portal Cheshire portal

v t e Franciscans in Britain
Catholic churches served by Franciscan Friars in Britain
Order of Friars Minor	Immaculate Conception Church, Clevedon Blessed John Duns Scotus Church, Glasgow St Francis of Assisi Church, Stratford St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Woodford Green
Order of Friars Minor Conventual	St Clare's Church, Blackley St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool Blessed Agnellus of Pisa Friary, Oxford St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye All Saints' Church, Urmston Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham St Patrick's Church, Waterloo
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	St Francis' Church, Chester Our Lady of the Angels Church, Erith St Edmund and St Frideswide Church, Oxford‎ St David's Church, Pantasaph
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal	St Patrick's Church, Bradford
Catholicism portal United Kingdom portal

v t e Diocese of Shrewsbury
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury
Bishops of Shrewsbury I: James Brown II: Edmund Knight III: John Carroll IV: Samuel Allen V: Hugh Singleton VI: Ambrose Moriarty VII: John Murphy VIII: William Grasar IX: Joseph Gray X: Brian Noble XI: Mark Davies
Churches Shrewsbury Cathedral – Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Saint Peter of Alcantara Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead St Werburgh, Birkenhead St Columba, Chester St Francis, Chester St Werburgh, Chester St Mary, Congleton St Mary, Crewe St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban, Macclesfield St Mary, Madeley St Cuthbert by the Forest, Mouldsworth St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton St Peter and St Paul, Newport St Anne, Rock Ferry St Winefride, Sandbach Our Lady and the Apostles, Stockport St Joseph, Stockport English Martyrs, Wallasey Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey St Alban, Wallasey
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady, Help of Christians (24 May) Saint Winefride (3 November)
Schools All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield Aquinas College, Stockport Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington Chester Catholic High School Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Harrytown Catholic High School Holy Trinity Academy, Telford Loreto Grammar School Moor Park School St Ambrose College St Anselm's College St Gregory's Catholic High School St James' Catholic High School, Stockport St John Plessington Catholic College St Nicholas Catholic High School St Paul's Catholic High School St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe
See also Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Hospitalité Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Pilgrimage Curzon Park Abbey
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