St Mary's Church, Nantwich

Name: St Mary's Church
Address: Nantwich, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Nantwich

Top attraction, Church, Gothic architecture, Gothic Revival architecture

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St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. A church has been present on this site since before the time of the Domesday Survey. The tower is the oldest in Cheshire, although it had to be largely rebuilt after it fell in 1757. One unusual feature of the interior of the church is that the old stone seating around its sides has been retained. In the south aisle are some ancient carved stones dating back to the Norman era. The architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor includes the church in his list of 'best' English parish churches. In the churchyard is a tall 17th-century sundial. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is united with those of St David, Wettenhall, St Oswald, Worleston, and St Bartholomew, Church Minshull. ()

Completed: 1898 (126 years ago)Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 53°4'26"N, 2°33'4"W

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: 46 High Street, Dorfold Hall, Nantwich Castle, Nantwich Bridge.

1.3 miE
Shopping, Bookshop
46 High Street, Nantwich
33 min walk • 46 High Street is a timber-framed, black-and-white Elizabethan merchant's house in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, located near the town square at the corner of High Street and Castle Street.
0.4 miSE
Museum, History museum
Dorfold Hall
12 min walk • Dorfold Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Acton, Cheshire, England, considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in the county. The present owners are the Roundells.
1.2 miSE
Night club, Forts and castles
Nantwich Castle, Nantwich
32 min walk • Nantwich Castle was a Norman castle in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, built before 1180 to guard a ford across the River Weaver. The castle is first documented in 1288. It was last recorded in 1462, and was in ruins by 1485.
1.2 miE
Bridge
Nantwich Bridge, Nantwich
31 min walk • Nantwich Bridge is a stone bridge carrying Welsh Row over the River Weaver in the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The existing bridge replaces a 17th-century stone bridge; it dates from 1803 and is listed at grade II.
~40 ftS
Church
Grade I listed churches in Cheshire
1 min walk • Cheshire is a county in North West England. In 1974 parts of the historical county of Cheshire were transferred to Greater Manchester and to Merseyside, and parts of the historical county of Lancashire were incorporated into Cheshire, including the towns of Widnes and Warrington.
1.3 miE
Gothic Revival architecture
1–3 Churchyard Side, Nantwich
34 min walk • 1–3 Churchyard Side is a grade-II-listed Victorian Gothic building in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, located on the corner of Churchyard Side and Pepper Street, opposite St Mary's Church.
0.7 miSE
Bridge
Nantwich Aqueduct, Nantwich
19 min walk • Nantwich Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct in Acton in Cheshire, England, which carries the Shropshire Union Canal over the Chester to Nantwich road. Designed by Thomas Telford, it dates from around 1826 and is listed at grade II*.
1 miSE
Church
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Nantwich
26 min walk • The Primitive Methodist Chapel is a former Primitive Methodist church on Welsh Row in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Built in 1840, it is listed at grade II. The chapel closed in 2001, and the building has been partially converted to residential use.
1.3 miE
Nightlife
Lamb Hotel, Nantwich
35 min walk • The Lamb Hotel, now known as Chatterton House, is a former public house in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It is located on the north side of Hospital Street, at the junction with Church Lane. The present building by Thomas Bower dates from 1861 and is listed at grade II; Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "decent" and "staid".
1.3 miE
Georgian architecture
9 Mill Street, Nantwich
33 min walk • 9 Mill Street is a Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The present building dates from around 1736 and is a grade II* listed building.