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Church in Cheshire, England
St Bede's Church is in Appleton Village, Widnes , Cheshire , England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool .[ 1] National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[ 2]
The church was completed in 1847 and had been designed by Weightman and Hadfield .[ 3] [ 4] consecrated on 22 September 1847. In May 1856 the original church bell was consecrated by Revd Alexander Goss , bishop of Liverpool. This was replaced in 1879 by the present bell, which was blessed by the then bishop of Liverpool, Revd Bernard O'Reilly . In 1922 the church was renovated, and the roof was replaced.[ 5]
St Bede's is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a north tower, a nave with a clerestory , east and west aisles , a chancel and a north porch. The tower has angle buttresses and gargoyles , and is crenellated . The windows in the nave are paired lancets , those in the clerestory have trefoil heads, and the tracery in the chancel windows is curvilinear . The entrance to the church is in the tower, and is in Decorated style.[ 2]
Inside the church the arcades are carried on alternate round and octagonal columns. The altar dated 1850 is said to be by A. W. N. Pugin . The large organ is sited under the tower.[ 2] [ 3]
The original pipe organ was installed by Gray and Davison in 1848 at a cost of £200. It was overhauled and electrified in the 1930s. This organ was replaced in 1979 by a two-manual organ made by George Benson in 1904 for the Independent Methodist Church in Oldham . It had been cleaned by Wadsworth in 1937 and was moved here, renovated and installed by J. A. Cundle and Sons of Liverpool at a cost of £3,850. The organ was renovated in the 2000s by Sydney Reeves, aided by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund .[ 5] [ 6]
^ Pastoral Area 19 Archdiocese of Liverpool , retrieved 16 October 2013 ^ a b c Historic England , "Church of St Bede, Widnes (1130411)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 15 October 2013 ^ a b Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , pp. 652–653, ISBN 0-300-10910-5 ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" , MeasuringWorth , retrieved 7 May 2024
^ a b McCann, Peter, St Bede's Organ Restoration Project (PDF) , St Bede's Church, Widnes, retrieved 16 October 2013 ^ "NPOR [C00176]" , National Pipe Organ Register British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 16 October 2013
Churches in Cheshire
St Mary's Church, Acton Alderley Edge Methodist Church St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford Christ Church, Alsager St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager St John the Evangelist's Church, Alvanley St Mark's Church, Antrobus St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn St Elizabeth's Church, Ashley St John the Evangelist's Church, Ashton Hayes St Mary's Church, Astbury St Peter's Church, Aston-by-Sutton Audlem Baptist Church St James' Church, Audlem St Oswald's Church, Backford St Michael's Church, Baddiley Christ Church, Barnton St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley Bollington Methodist Church St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington St Oswald's Church, Bollington Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley St Paul's Church, Boughton St Oswald's Church, Brereton Brown Knowl Methodist Church St Mary's Church, Bruera St Boniface's Church, Bunbury St Mary's and St Michael's Church, 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Church, Malpas St Michael's Church, Marbury St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich St Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley St Stephen's Church, Moulton St Mary's Church, Nantwich St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley St Michael's Church, North Rode Holy Trinity Church, Northwich St Helen Witton Church, Northwich St Luke's Church, Oakhanger St Peter's Church, Oughtrington St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover St Paul's Church, Over Tabley St Chad's Church, Over Over United Reformed Church St Thomas' Church, Parkgate St Peter's Church, Plemstall Poole Methodist Chapel St Christopher's Church, Pott Shrigley St George's Church, Poynton St Peter's Church, Prestbury St Mary's Church, Pulford Holy Trinity Church, Rainow St Mary's Church, Rostherne All Saints' Church, Runcorn Holy Trinity Church, Runcorn Jenkin Chapel St Mary's Church, Sandbach Sandbach Methodist Church St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandbach Heath St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandiway All Saints Church, Scholar Green St Edith's Church, Shocklach St Michael's Church, Shotwick All Saints Church, Siddington St John the Baptist's Church, Smallwood All Saints Chapel, Somerford St Lawrence's Church, Stoak St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath St Matthew's Church, Stretton St Peter's Church, Swettenham St Peter's Church, Tabley St Helen's Church, Tarporley St Andrew's Church, Tarvin St Alban's Church, Tattenhall All Saints Church, Thelwall St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors St John's Church, Threapwood St Mary's Church, Tilston St Jude's Church, Tilstone Fearnall St John the Evangelist's Church, Toft St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham St Chad's Church, Tushingham Holy Ascension Church, Upton-by-Chester St Leonard's Church, Warmingham Holy Trinity Church, Warrington St Alban's Church, Warrington St Elphin's Church, Warrington St John the Evangelist's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Peter's Church, Waverton Methodist Church, Weaverham St Mary's Church, Weaverham Wesley Methodist Church, Chester All Saints' Church, Weston, Cheshire St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston Christ Church, Wheelock St Mary's Church, Whitegate St Ambrose Church, Widnes St Bede's Church, Widnes St Marie's Church, Widnes St Mary's Church, Widnes St Saviour's Church, Wildboarclough Christ Church, Willaston Dean Row Chapel, Wilmslow St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow St Michael's Church, Wincle St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford St Oswald's Church, Winwick Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wistaston St Oswald's Church, Worleston St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury
St Columba's Church, Chester St Francis' Church, Chester St Werburgh's Church, Chester St Mary's Church, Congleton St Mary's Church, Crewe St Michael's Church, Ditton Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban's Church, Macclesfield St Oswald's Church, Padgate St Winefride's, Sandbach St Alban's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Bede's Church, Widnes
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
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