St Michael's Church, Baddiley
Church in Cheshire, England
St Michael's Church, Baddiley St Michael's Church, Baddiley, from the southeast
St Michael's Church, Baddiley
Location in Cheshire
53°02′56″N 2°35′26″W / 53.0489°N 2.5905°W / 53.0489; -2.5905 OS grid reference SJ 604 502 Location Baddiley , Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Michael's Baddiley Status Parish church Founded 1308 Dedication Saint Michael Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade I Designated 12 January 1967 Architectural type Church Style Gothic Groundbreaking 1308 Completed 1811 Materials Chancel timber-framed with brick infill; nave timber framing encased in brick; tiled roof Province York Diocese Chester Archdeaconry Macclesfield Deanery Nantwich Parish Baddiley, Wrenbury & Burleydam Vicar(s) Revd Amanda Pike Reader(s) Elizabeth Falding, Churchwarden(s) Mr Rob Vine, Parish administrator Mrs Rose Burt
St Michael's Church is in the civil parish of Baddiley , Cheshire , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building .[ 1] Baddiley Hall , formerly the home of the Mainwaring family.[ 2] [ 3] nave and chancel are divided by a pre-Reformation screen and tympanum . The church is one of a 'handful' of timber-framed churches remaining in the country.[ 4] Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester , the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam and St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury .[ 5]
History
The church dates from 1308.[ 1] gable , was encased in brick.[ 2] [ 6]
It is the last resting place of Helen Edwards née Macfarlane , the first translator from German into English of The Communist Manifesto [ 7]
Architecture
Exterior
The plan of the church is simple consisting of a three-bay nave and a narrower lower chancel with a vestry to its north. In the west wall is an inset porch.[ 8] timber framing of the chancel is now infilled with brick which has replaced the original wattle and daub .[ 2] close studding with no middle rail. In the centre of the south wall is a Gothic wooden door flanked by three-light windows. The lean-to vestry is on the north side. The east wall has a three-light window with a small trefoil window above it. The nave has three three-light windows with Gothic heads in the north and south walls. The west wall has pairs of brick pilasters flanking the porch, which contains side seats. On the apex of the gable is a louvred bell turret .[ 1]
Interior
The nave and chancel are divided by a pre-Reformation screen and tympanum, which is unusual in Cheshire. The screen is of plain uprights and Richards describes the tympanum as one of the most colourful of its kind in England. On it is the date 1663 and in the middle are the royal arms of Charles II above the coat of arms of the Mainwarings. On each side of these are two panels containing the Ten Commandments , the Creed and the Lord's Prayer .[ 2]
The nave roof is medieval and of camber beam construction. The altar rails are dated 1701. At the west end is a Georgian gallery and in the body of the church are box pews and a three-decker pulpit . In the chancel is a large monument to Sir Thomas Mainwaring who died in 1726, which is decorated with putti and the family arms .[ 2] [ 1] parish registers begin in 1597 and the churchwardens ' accounts in 1636.[ 2]
Present activities
Anglican services are held regularly in the church.[ 9] [ 10]
See also
References
^ a b c d Historic England , "Church of St Michael, Baddiley (1138586)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 27 March 2012 ^ a b c d e f Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches , London: Batsford, pp. 38–40, OCLC 719918 ^ Baddiley , retrieved 16 February 2011 ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Works of Art , London: Batsford, p. 52, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0 ^ St Michael, Baddiley Church of England , retrieved 29 September 2009 ^ St Michael's, Baddiley , retrieved 4 August 2007 ^ BBC Radio Scotland documentary; series Women With a Past , episode 2 "Helen Macfarlane", broadcast 26 November 2012; presented by Susan Morrison, produced by Louise Yeoman; featuring interviews with Liz Arthur, David Black and Richard Holloway; Helen Macfarlane's words read by Gerda Stevenson. (Podcast )
^ Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire , Malvern: Folly Publications, pp. 20–21, ISBN 1-871731-23-2 ^ St Michael’s Baddiley , retrieved 6 August 2008 ^ Services , retrieved 6 August 2008
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