Alderley Edge Methodist Church is in Chapel Road, Alderley Edge,

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, England. It is an active Methodist church. The church and its associated hall are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church and hall were built in 1863 to a design by Hayley and Sons. The interior of the church was re-ordered in the mid-1990s.

Architecture

The buildings are constructed in sandstone with Welsh

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roofs. The plan of the church consists of a nave with two side chapels, and a southwest steeple. The hall stands behind the church. The church front facing the road is expressed as two storeys. Both storeys contain a four-light window, the upper window being sharply pointed. The tower is in three stages with an entrance porch on its side and a

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with lucarnes on its summit. The windows are lancets, and the bell openings have two lights with louvres. Along the sides of the church are three gabled two-light windows. The chapel contains a

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. The tracery in the windows is in Decorated style. The windows in the church hall are simpler in design. Inside the church is a west gallery, and a

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and lectern, both in pitch-pine. The two-

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References

{{Authority control Grade II listed churches in Cheshire Churches completed in 1863 Methodist churches in Cheshire 19th-century Methodist church buildings 19th-century church buildings in England 1863 establishments in England

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