Description

BICKLEY C.P. BICKLEY MOSS
SJ 54 NW
Church of St.Wenefrede
3/5
1/3/1967
II
Church, 1892, by Douglas and Fordham at the expense of the Marquess of
Cholmondeley. Rock-faced snecked red sandstone rubble; roof of small
graded green slates with terracotta ridge tiles. Tudor tower with
spire; south porch (against tower); 3-bay nave with narrow north
passage-aisle under the same roof; chancel; north vestries: for priest
off chancel, for choir off west bay of nave. Massive squat 2-stage
tower with splay-footed octagonal spire has west window of 3 lights
with 3-light bell openings above; small pentice-roofed windows on each
cardinal face of spire. 3-light square-headed windows with simple
tracery to both sides of nave. 2 2-light and 1 1-light window to
south side of chancel, all pointed; simple tracery. 3-light east
window. The whole effect is simple and solid.
Interior. Oak-framed north aisle; the posts support 2 hammer-beam
trusses, simply detailed. Chancel arch without plinths or capitals,
has quirked cavetto mouldings. Boarded wagon roof to chancel.
Stained glass: in east window, north and south 1-light window in
chancel and eastern south window of nave; memorial windows to Captain
Michael George Harrison (west); Lilian Robertson Scott (copy of
window in Bombay Cathedral to her husband Michael H.Scott); Winifred
Ida, widow of 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley. Octagonal sandstone font
with ornate oak cover; oak pulpit, lectern, choirstalls and pews;
the design and furnishing all of a piece.

Listing NGR: SJ5367849015

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley at Wikipedia
• St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley official website
• Wikidata Q7595625

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]