Latitude: 53.2162 / 53°12'58"N
Longitude: -2.0246 / 2°1'28"W
OS Eastings: 398454
OS Northings: 368788
OS Grid: SJ984687
Mapcode National: GBR 23B.BYJ
Mapcode Global: WHBBX.WF28
Plus Code: 9C5V6X8G+F5
Entry Name: Church of St Saviour
Listing Date: 7 November 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1145911
English Heritage Legacy ID: 58104
ID on this website: 101145911
Location: St Saviour's Church, Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK11
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Wildboarclough St Saviour
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival
WILDBOARCLOUGH C.P.
SJ 96 NE
3/10 Church of St. Saviour.
GV II
Church 1901-9 for 16th Earl of Derby. Coursed red sandstone rubble
with ashlar quoins, windows and doorways and Kerridge stone-slate
roofs. Squat 2-stage battlemented west tower, aisleless nave of 4
bays, chancel of 1 bay, gabled south porch, north vestry. Pointed
east window of 3 lancets under hoodmould on carved heads as corbels;
square-headed mullioned windows to nave, south side of chancel and to
vestry, with square labels and hollow-moulded mullions and surrounds;
hollow-moulded surrounds to doors. Two gabled 3-light dormers of oak
on south slope of nave roof. Foundation stone in south wall of
chancel: This stone was laid by Constance, Countess of Derby, Sept
14th 1901.
The simple interior is plastered above oak dado. Oak queenpost
trusses to nave; through purlins to chancel; rafters and
diagonal-boarded underdrawing, all of oak. Simple oak pews.
Bowl-shaped stone font on base with corner-shafts and stiff-leaf
capitals. The church was built, to commemorate the safe return of the
Earl of Derby's sons from the Boer War, using Estate masons and
carpenters.
Listing NGR: SJ9845468788
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