Norcliffe Chapel Contents History Architecture See also Notes References Navigation menu53°20′52″N 2°15′00″W / 53.3477°N 2.2501°W / 53.3477; -2.2501SJ 835 835Norcliffe ChapelHistory"Norcliffe Chapel (1222255)"Cheshire Styal, Norcliffe Chapel (R01278)Listed Buildings

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Norcliffe Chapel

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Norcliffe Chapel



Norcliffe Chapel is located in Cheshire

Norcliffe Chapel

Norcliffe Chapel



Location in Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°20′52″N 2°15′00″W / 53.3477°N 2.2501°W / 53.3477; -2.2501
OS grid referenceSJ 835 835
Location
Styal, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationUnitarian
WebsiteNorcliffe Chapel
History
Founded1822 (1822)
Founder(s)Samuel Greg
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated6 July 1984
Architectural typeChapel
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1822
Completed1906
Specifications
MaterialsBrick with stone dressings
Kerridge stone-slate roof
Clergy
Minister(s)Revd Alex Bradley

Norcliffe Chapel is in the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It is a Unitarian chapel, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The chapel was built in 1822–23 by a mill owner for his workers, and was extended by his son in 1867. Further additions were made in 1906. The chapel is built in brick, and is in Gothic Revival style. Since 1977 it has been in the ownership of the National Trust, but continues to function as an active Unitarian chapel.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Architecture


  • 3 See also


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References




History


The chapel was built at a cost of nearly £308 in 1822–23. It was paid for by Samuel Greg, the founder and owner of Quarry Bank Mill, and was for the use of his workers. Greg was a Unitarian but many of his workers were Baptists. The chapel originally served the latter denomination, but since 1833 it has been Unitarian.[1] The chapel was a simple structure with a rectangular plan, rectangular windows, a flat roof, and a small belfry. It also had a full-sized baptismal pool. The chapel had no chancel or porch. Samuel Greg died in 1834, and ownership of the chapel passed to his son, Robert Hyde Greg, who was also a Unitarian. In 1867 he commissioned improvements to the chapel.[1] A chancel, a porch, buttresses, and a plinth were added, the door was moved, the flat roof was replaced by a pitched roof, Gothic-style windows containing stained glass were inserted, and a larger bellcote was built.[1][2][a] The improvements cost £1,000.[1]


Robert Hyde Greg died in 1878, and in the following year a trust was set up to administer the chapel.[1] In 1906 a council room and a vestry were added, which were designed by Thomas Worthington.[2] The chapel continued to be administrated by the trust, but by 1977 the Styal estate, other than the chapel, was owned by the National Trust. The chapel was in need of repairs that could not be afforded by the chapel trust, and its ownership passed to the National Trust. The chapel continues in use as an active Unitarian chapel.[1]



Architecture


Norcliffe Chapel is built in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings, and has a roof of Kerridge stone-slate with a stone ridge. It consists of a five-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, a southeast porch and a council (or club) room to the north. The bays are divided by buttresses, and each bay contains a pair of lancet windows in a rectangular surround. The east window has three lights, with a rose window in its apex. The porch is timber-framed, open and gabled. On the ridge of the nave is a square open bellcote with a pyramidal roof. Inside the church are memorials to the Greg family.[3] There is also a font that was designed by Henry Russell Greg.[1][2] The pipe organ was installed in 1884, and made by Foster and Andrews of Hull at a cost of £272.[1] It has two manuals, a pedal keyboard, and 13 stops.[4] The chapel was designated as a Grade II listed building on 6 June 1984.[3][b]



See also



  • Listed buildings in Wilmslow


Notes




  1. ^ Hartwell et al. suggest that the architect who designed the alterations was probably J. S. Crowther.[2]


  2. ^ Grade II is the lowest of the three gradings awarded to listed buildings, and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[5]




References




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  2. ^ abcd Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 615, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6


  3. ^ ab Historic England, "Norcliffe Chapel (1222255)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 July 2014


  4. ^ Cheshire Styal, Norcliffe Chapel (R01278), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 16 July 2014


  5. ^ Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 3 April 2015









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