St Michael's Church, North Rode

St Michael's Church, North Rode
North Rode Church North Rode Church
St Michael's Church, North Rode Location in Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ 889 665
Location	Church Lane, North Rode, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Michael, North Rode
History
Dedication	Saint Michael
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	25 October 1985
Architect(s)	Charles and James Trubshaw
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1845
Completed	1846
Specifications
Materials	Stone, tiled roof
Administration
Parish	North Rode
Deanery	Macclesfield
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Verena Breed

St Michael's Church is in Church Lane, North Rode, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley, St Saviour, Wildboarclough, and St Michael, Wincle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "a charming estate church".

History

St Michael's was built in 1845–46, and designed by Charles and James Trubshaw.

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in rubble stone with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a vestry to the northeast, and a west tower. The tower has angle buttresses and a plain parapet. In the angle between the tower and the nave on the north side is a stair turret which rises above the height of the tower, and contains round-headed casement windows. On the west side of the tower is a doorway with a semicircular head in a loosely Romanesque style, which is decorated with spaced chevron motifs. Above the door is a two-light window in loosely Early English style, with a circular clock face above that. On each side of the top stage are three lancet bell openings. The south porch has a loosely Romanesque doorway, above which is a niche containing a statue of Saint Michael. The windows along the sides of the church are in Early English style.

Interior

Inside the church, the nave has a hammerbeam roof. Both the nave and the chancel are floored with encaustic tiles. In the church are four brass corona chandeliers. The font is decorated with encaustic tiles. In the church are memorials to the Daintry and Tootal Broadhurst families. The stained glass is described as being "delightfully bad".

See also

• Listed buildings in North Rode