Church of St Lawrence
CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, STOCKPORT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067971
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, STOCKPORT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067971
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, STOCKPORT ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, TOWN LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, STOCKPORT ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, TOWN LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Tameside (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 92640 95055
Details
DENTON TOWN LANE SJ 99 NW (north side)
4/53 Church of 27/11/67 St. Lawrence
G.V. II*
Church. Nave c.1530, chancel and transepts 1872 by J. Medland and Henry Taylor. Timber-framed structure which was weather-boarded on the south and rendered over on the north side in 1862 but painted to retain its character. Graduated stone slate roof. Cruxiform plan with west gallery and bellcote. 4-bay nave has stone plinth, coved eaves and 3 or 5-light mullioned windows in each bay. Central west door with blocked window above. The chancel, under a continuous roof, and the transepts, under parallel roofs, continue in the same style but with more elaboration to the east end which has foiled openings, rosettes on the barge boards and a 5-light east window. The bellcote has a pyramidal roof and has been restored to reveal the decorative framing. Interior: 6 structural bays of the timber-framed structure remain. The shaped posts and curved braces support tie-beam roof trusses which have inclined struts, purlins with cusped bracing and a ceiling at collar level. Between the posts the framing is concealed by plaster or removed completely where transepts and chancel adjoin. West gallery supported on C19 cast-iron columns. Early C18 baluster font. Pews 1859. Part of former wardens pew of C17 and C18 preserved beneath gallery. Other carved timberwork of C19 and C20 dates. The windows incorporate fragmentary early C16 glass from former east window. Edward Holland memorial, 1655 - oval inscription plate between short columns supporting scrolls and the coat of arms. Dame Mary Asheton memorial wall tablet, 1721. The building is an important early survival of a timber-framed church. J. Booker, A History of the ancient chapel of Denton.
Listing NGR: SJ9264095055
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 212709
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Booker, J, A History of the Ancient Chapel of Denton, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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