2020

SJ9391 : St Mark's Church

taken 3 years ago, near to Bredbury, Stockport, England

This is 1 of 2 images, with title St Mark's Church in this square
St Mark's Church
St Mark's Church

Viewed from the lych gate.
St Mark's, Bredbury and Woodley

St Mark's Church lies between Redhouse Lane and Stockport Road. It serves the joint parish of Bredbury and Woodley. It is a grade II listed building. LinkExternal link

It was built 1847-8 by Shellard for the Church Commissioners with dressed stone, ashlar and slate roofs. It has a 3-sided gallery plan with small chancel and a west tower flanked by entrance bays. There is a 5-bay nave and aisles without clerestory. Projecting stone plinth, sill band, eaves band, coped parapet and coped gables with octagonal corner pinnacles. Each bay has paired lancets with colonnettes and a weathered gableted buttress (angled at corners).

The 5-stage tower has set-back buttresses which are transformed at the fifth stage in octagonal corner columns to rise as ornate pinnacles. There is a clock in the third stage and 2-light belfry openings with clock and parapet above.

Church website: LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Religious sites Burial ground, Crematorium Place: Woodley other tags: Parish Church Church Churchyard Grade II Listed Gravestones Place of Religious Worship Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SJ9391, 135 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 14 December, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 24 December, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9313 9193 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:25.4471N 2:6.2908W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9318 9196
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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