St Mark's Church, Antrobus

St Mark's Church, Antrobus
St Mark's Church, Antrobus Location in Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ 645 796
Location	Knutsford Road, Antrobus, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Mark, Antrobus
History
Dedication	Saint Mark
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	27 August 1986
Architect(s)	George Gilbert Scott
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1847
Completed	1848
Construction cost	£1,550
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slate roof
Administration
Parish	St Mark, Antrobus
Deanery	Great Budworth
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Alec Brown

St Mark's Church is in Knutsford Road in the village of Antrobus, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its incumbent is shared with St Mary and All Saints Church, Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.

History

St Mark's was designed by George Gilbert Scott, and built between 1847 and 1848 at a cost of £1,550 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2021). A grant of £80 was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission.

Architecture

The church is constructed in red sandstone, with a slate roof. The architectural style is Decorated. Its plan consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, and a north vestry. On the ridge of the church is a bellcote surmounted by a weathervane. Along the sides of the church are two two-light windows and a lancet window. The east window has three lights, and the west window has two lights. A broad buttress on the south side of the church contains a priest's door. The porch is in timber. Inside the church is a screen designed by Scott, part of which is in wood and part in iron. There is stained glass in windows in the chancel and the south wall of the nave.

External features

The churchyard contains the war grave of a First World War soldier of the Cheshire Regiment.

See also

• Listed buildings in Antrobus
• List of new churches by George Gilbert Scott in Northern England
• List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England