The arched gateway at the entrance to the churchyard is Grade II listed. The description given by British Listed Buildings reads as follows;
"Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary
Churchyard gateway. C17. Yellow sandstone ashlar. Central round
archway with hood-mould and lateral walling which has offsets.
Battlemented parapet above with crocketed pinnacles. A stone above
the arch has an inscription in C18 script which reads: "Thomas Dodd
DD/Rector of this parish" and a further line which is partially
illegible but records the date 1542 although Dodd in fact died in the late C17. Previously listed together with the Church of St Mary, the Green (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ8458461554"
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St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.
It is a Grade I listed building dating from the C12 with late C13 and early C14 and C15 additions and alterations, and has been a place of worship for over a 1000 years. (
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