St Mary's Church, Eccleston
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St Mary's Church is in the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England, on the estate of the
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south of Chester. The church is recorded in the
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as a designated Grade I
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. It is an active Anglican
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in the
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, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St Mary, Pulford. The Dukes of Westminster are buried in the adjacent Old Churchyard.


History

St Mary's Church as it appears today is a red
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building which dates from the 19th century. It was built between 1897 and 1899 to a design by G. F. Bodley for the 1st Duke of Westminster at a cost of £40,000 (£ today). The new church was consecrated on Ascension Day 1900.Revd Ian M. Thomas, ''Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Eccleston: A Short History''
online
, access date 24 August 2015
The present building is the third parish church to have been built in Eccleston. It stands some southwest of the site occupied by its predecessors, which stood in what is known today as the Old Churchyard. A church was certainly in existence in Eccleston in 1188, and in the late 18th century a print was made of a dilapidated
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church which dates back to the 14th century. The medieval church was entirely replaced in 1809 by one of similar size, built on the site by
William Porden William Porden (c. 1755 – 1822) was a versatile English architect who worked for the 1st Earl Grosvenor and the Prince Regent. Life Born in Kingston upon Hull, (Subscription required) he trained under James Wyatt and Samuel Pepys Cock ...
for the Earls Grosvenor. A chancel was added in 1853, but by the end of the 19th century the 1st Duke of Westminster decided to replace Porden's church with an entirely new structure. After the new church had been completed, Porden's church was demolished, although the south wall of its nave was retained as a "picturesque feature" and remains in the Old Churchyard.


Architecture


Exterior

The church is built in red ashlar
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. Its plan consists of a west tower, a continuous six- bay
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, a
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with a clerestory, north and south
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s, and north and south porches. A long
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block projects to the north. The tower has long bell-openings, irregular
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es and an embattled top. Canopied niches above the south door contain statues. The church is considered to be an example of Bodley's mature style anticipating features of
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.


Interior

St Mary's has a nave with north and south aisles and a South porch. Under the tower in the West is the baptistery with a font.


North aisle and chapel

The east end of the north aisle houses the organ loft and the vestry. There is also a large brass plaque listing those members of the Grosvenor family who were buried in the vault once part of Porden's old church. Their resting place in the northeast part of the Old Churchyard is now marked with a simple memorial and surrounded by a low wall with crosses in the corners. The organ was built in 1899 by
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. It was modified around 1910 by Henry Poyser and further modified in 1984. File:St Mary's Church, Eccleston - geograph.org.uk - 966659.jpg, The high altar St Mary's Church Eccleston, nave looking south-east.JPG, The nave, looking south-east File:St Mary's Church Eccleston, north aisle - Grosvenors buried in the old church.JPG, Tablet in the north aisle with list of Grosvenors buried in the old church (now part of the Old Churchyard) St Mary's Church Eccleston, nave - Grosvenor foundation tablet.JPG, Tablet commemorating the foundation of the church by the 1st Duke of Westminster


South aisle and Grosvenor Chapel

The east end of the south aisle, next to the church's chancel, is occupied by the Grosvenor Chapel. Above its altar are the carved figures of Jesus,
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and Saint Paulinus. Separating the Grosvenor Chapel from the church's chancel is a monument to the memory of the 1st Duke of Westminster dated 1901, which consists of a tomb-chest and canopy designed by Bodley with an effigy by
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, sculpted by
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. Opposite, on the Grosvenor Chapel's south wall, is a bronze
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to the 2nd Duke as well as a memorials to Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor, who was killed in the First World War, the 3rd, 4th and
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Dukes of Westminster. The Grosvenor Chapel has two accesses: a door to the churchyard and a grille leading into the south aisle. St Mary's Church Eccleston, Grosvenor Chapel 2.JPG, Grosvenor Chapel, interior File:St Mary's Church Eccleston, Grosvenor Chapel - Cenotaph for 1st Duke of Westminster.JPG,
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for the
1st Duke of Westminster Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an ...
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Tower and baptistry

In the tower there is a
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of eight bells which were cast by
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in 1899. Under the tower is the baptistry with a font. The font is made from
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marble, and has a lifting oak cover decorated with the carvings of eight saints. In the baptistry is part of a memorial to the Grosvenor family dated 1624 that has been moved from the old church. St Mary's Church Eccleston, Baptistery.JPG, View of the Baptistery St Mary's Church Eccleston, Baptistery - Grosvenor memorial 1624.JPG, Grosvenor memorial (1624) in the Baptistery St Mary's Church Eccleston, Baptistery - Grosvenor memorial 1894.JPG, Grosvenor memorial (1894) in the Baptistery St Mary's Church Eccleston, Baptistery - Grosvenor memorial 2003.JPG, Grosvenor memorial (2003) in the Baptistery File:St Mary's Church Eccleston, nave looking east.JPG, The nave, looking east towards chancel File:St Mary's Church Eccleston, chancel floor Grosvenor arms.JPG, Floor of the chancel with Grosvenor arms


Other features

The authors of the ''
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'' series were impressed by the furnishings of the church, in particular the reredoses by Farmer and Brindley, the chancel screens, the organ case and the bench ends. All the stained glass is by
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.


Precincts

St Mary's Church is accessed from Church Road through a set of wrought-iron gates bearing the
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's coat of arms. These gates date from the early 18th century and were originally at Emral Hall,
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. They were made by the Davies Bros. An avenue of lime trees leads from these gates to the south entrance of the church. Most of the enclosure around St Mary's Church is covered by lawns, although the section immediately east of the church and north of the Rectory is used as parish cemetery. A footpath leads from St Mary's Church past the Old Coaching House to the Old Churchyard, which is about northeast of the church. The walls and gates between Old Church Lane and the Old Churchyard are Grade II listed.


Old Churchyard


Description

With its many tall trees, the Old Churchyard has features of a woodland. In its centre are the remains of Porden's old parish church, which consist of a sandstone wall with the lower parts of two windows measuring about long by high. It is designated as a Grade II listed building. Along the south side of the remaining wall of Porden's old church are the graves of the Dukes of Westminster, other members of the Grosvenor family and their relatives. A square enclosure in the northeast part of the Old Churchyard, now covered with gravel and surrounded by a low wall with crosses in the corners, marks the spot where the Grosvenor family vault was located within Porden's church. The names of those ancestors of the Dukes of Westminster who are interred here are recorded on a brass plaque inside the present church building. The grave of Edward George Hugh, Earl Grosvenor (1904–1909), by
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and Fernand Billerey, sculpted by Emile Madeline, is a Grade II listed building. The churchyard contains ten
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registered war graves. Of these, seven are from
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and three from
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. There is also the grave of a
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recipient,
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.


Burials and monuments


Westminster plot along old wall

* The Rev. John Gibbons-Longueville, rector of Eccleston 1854 to 1880, and his wif

* Beatrice Charlotte Elizabeth (née Vesey, died 1876), daughter of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci, 3rd Viscount de Vesci, wife of Lord Richard Grosvenor, brother of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Constance Gertrude (née Leveson-Gower, 1834–1880), daughter of the George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, wife of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Lord Robert Edward Grosvenor (1869–1888), son of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Dora Mina (née Erskine-Wemyss, 1856–1894), wife of Lord Henry George Grosvenor (1861–1914) and mother of the 3rd Duke of Westminste

*
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an ...
(1825–1899

(ashes, cremated in
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) * Lord Edward George Hugh Grosvenor (known as Earl Grosvenor, 1904–1909), only son of the 2nd Duke of Westminste

*
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, (28 January 1837 – 18 May 1912), styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Glads ...
(1837–1912), brother of the 1st Duke of Westminster * Lord Henry George Grosvenor (1861–1914), son of the 1st Duke and father of the 3rd Duk

* Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor (1860–1929), son of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Lord Edward Arthur Grosvenor (1892–1929), son of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Lord Gerald Richard Grosvenor (1874–1940), son of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Katherine Caroline (née Cavendish, 1857–1941), daughter of the William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham, 2nd Baron Chesham, widow of the 1st Duke of Westminste

* Hugh Frederick Grosvenor (1927–1947), son of Robert Grosvenor (aviator), Robert Arthur "Robin" Grosvenorbr>
* Robert Grosvenor (aviator), Robert Arthur "Robin" Grosvenor (1895–1953), son of Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor (1860–1929

*
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly " Bendor"; 19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the ...
(1879–1953

* Lady Mary Cavendish Grosvenor (1883–1959), daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster. She married firstly Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton (1872–1914), and was the mother of John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne, 5th Earl Erne; and secondly, Colonel the Hon. Algernon Francis Stanley (1874–1962), a son of the 16th Earl of Derbybr>
*
William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (23 December 1894 – 22 February 1963), was the son of Lord Henry George Grosvenor and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. His mother, Dora Mina Erskine-Wemyss, was the daughter of J ...
(1894–1963

* Lady Dorothy Alice Margaret Grosvenor (1890–1966), daughter of Lord Henry George Grosvenor (1861–1914

*
Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (13 February 1907 – 25 February 1967) was a British landowner and aristocrat. Early life Gerald was the son of Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Crichton and a grand ...
(1907–1967

* Constance Lewes, Constance Edwina (née Cornwallis-West, 1876−1970), former wife of the 2nd Duke of Westminste

* Doris May (née Wignall, 1902–1975), wife of Robert Grosvenor (aviator), Robert Arthur "Robin" Grosvenorbr>
*
Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain. Background and early life ...
(1910–1979)

* Sally Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, Sally (née Perry, 1909–1990), wife of the 4th Duke of Westminste

* Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, Anne Winifred "Nancy" (née Sullivan, 1915–2003), widow of the 2nd Duke of Westminste

*
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016), was a British landowner, businessman, philanthropist, Territorial Army general, and peer. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of W ...
(1951–2016


Site of old Grosvenor family vault

Many ancestors of the Dukes of Westminster, including: *
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (9 January 1585 – 14 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. He is an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. Grosveno ...
*
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (20 November 1656 – 2 July 1700) was an English Member of Parliament, and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. He was the first member of the family to build a substantial house on the present ...
*
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (; 18 June 1731 – 5 August 1802), known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bt between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector. H ...
*
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, (22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845) was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He wa ...
* Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster A stone tablet in the enclosure (se
here
bears the arms of the
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with the dates 1599 and 1894 and the inscription: "''This stone marks the resting place of those members of the Grosvenor family who were buried in a vault under the old church which was demolished in 1900 and who were reinterred in this plot and their names are recorded on the memorial tablet in Eccleston church.''" As the inscription indicates, the names of those family members buried here are listed on a large brass wall plaque in the north aisle of the church (se
here
.


Elsewhere in the Old Churchyard

*
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, VC (1872–1916). He served as a Farrier Sergeant in the
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, later worked on the estate of the Duke of Westminster and died in 1916. * Sir Philip Hay, Royal Victorian Order, KCVO (1918–1986), Private Secretary to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, the Duchess of Kent * Dame Margaret Katherine Hay, Royal Victorian Order, DCVO (née Seymour, 1918–1975), Woman of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an ...
and wife of Sir Philip Hay * Sir Henry Nelson Clowes, Royal Victorian Order, KCVO (1911–1993) and his wife Diana Katherine Kerr (1926–2010), daughter of Major Basil Kerr (1879–1957) * Major Basil Kerr (1879–1957) St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - gate.JPG, Gates to the Old Churchyard St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - grave of Alfred Ernest Ind VC (1872–1916).JPG,
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, VC (1872–1916) St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - grave of Sir Henry Nelson Clowes (1911–1993) and wife.JPG, Sir Henry Nelson Clowes (1911–1993) St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - grave of Major Basil Kerr (1879–1957) cropped.JPG, Major Basil Kerr (1879–1957) File:St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - grave of Sir Philip and Lady Hay.JPG, Sir Philip Hay and Dame Margaret Katherine Hay St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - grave of Lord Edward George Hugh Grosvenor (1904–1909) location.jpg, Lord Edward George Hugh Grosvenor (1904–1909)


See also

*Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester *Grade I listed churches in Cheshire *Listed buildings in Eccleston, Cheshire


References


External links


Photographs by Craig Thornber
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