St James' Church, Ince
St James' Church, Ince | |
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St James the Great, Ince | |
53°16′53″N 2°49′36″W / 53.2813°N 2.8266°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ 450 764 |
Location | Ince, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Parish website |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 26 September 1963 |
Architect(s) | Simon Ripley Edward Hodkinson |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1854 |
Specifications | |
Length | 101 feet |
Nave width | Nave and aisle - 45 feet |
Height | Tower - 51 feet |
Materials | Red sandstone Grey slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Chester |
Archdeaconry | Chester |
Deanery | Frodsham |
Parish | Thornton-le-Moors with Ince and Elton |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Revd John Hellewell |
Assistant priest(s) | Revd Jen Pilling |
St James' Church is in the village of Ince, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. Its benefice is united with that of St Mary, Thornton-le-Moors.[2]
History[edit]
A Norman chapel once stood on this site. The present church was built in the medieval period but only the tower and part of the chancel remain from this date.[3] The chancel is in 14th-century Decorated style and possesses a three-light Decorated window in its east wall.[4] The chancel has a 17th-century oak arch-braced collar roof.[1] The Perpendicular[4] tower by Simon Ripley dates from around 1485–93. The chancel roof, though restored, dates from 1671.[4] The nave, aisle and porch were rebuilt in 1854 in Perpendicular style by Edward Hodkinson, and the tower was raised by two courses.
Architecture[edit]
Exterior[edit]
The church is built in red sandstone with a grey slate roof.[1] Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a north aisle, and a chancel with a lower roof.[5]
Interior[edit]
The deeply carved altar table is Jacobean, and the altar rails date from the late 17th century. Also in the chancel is a sanctuary chair of 1634 and a two-tier candelabrum dated 1724.[3] The royal coat of arms of Queen Anne are in the nave.[4] The communion rail with twisted balusters dates from the late 17th century. In the chancel are two stained glass windows by Kempe. [6] There is a ring of three bells, two of which are dated 1622 and 1636. The parish registers begin in 1687 and the churchwardens' accounts in 1749.[3]
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Altar
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Sanctuary chair
External features[edit]
The sandstone 19th-century churchyard wall is a Grade II listed building.[7] In the churchyard, north west of the tower, is the war grave of a Royal Navy sailor of World War II.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St James, Ellesmere Port (1138815)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 August 2012
- ^ St. James the Great, Ince, Church of England, retrieved 10 January 2011
- ^ a b c Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, pp. 190–194, OCLC 719918
- ^ a b c d Morant, Roland W. (1989), Cheshire Churches, Birkenhead: Countyvise, p. 143, ISBN 0-907768-18-0
- ^ Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire, Malvern: Folly Publications, pp. 42–43, ISBN 1-871731-23-2
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 414, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ Historic England, "Churchyard wall at St James' Church, Ellesmere Port (1138813)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 August 2012
- ^ CROWDER, JACK, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013