St Peter's Church Clock - Congleton, Cheshire, UK.
N 53° 09.702 W 002° 12.706
30U E 552700 N 5890548
The clock is located on the tower of St Peter's Church, a Grade 1 listed Georgian church which stands on the site of a medieval chapel and is located on Chapel Street in Congleton.
Waymark Code: WM1246N
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/23/2020
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St Peter's is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.
It is one of four Anglican churches that form the Parish of Congleton in Cheshire. (
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The original church was built on the site in the early 15th century as a chapel of ease to St Mary's at Astbury. The old timber framed chapel which stood on this site was demolished in 1740 and the present building was built by the Georgians between 1740 and 1742.
William Baker of Audlem was the architect and the church was built in the Neoclassical style with Gothic pinnacled west tower . The lower part of the 14th century tower was retained and the new tower was raised in 1786. In 1839–40 Joshua Radford extended the church at the west end by one bay on each side of the tower, and a porch was added.
The Grade 1 listed description by Historic England can be seen at the following link: (
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There are three clock faces mounted on the church tower below the stone-louvred bell openings. The black circular clock faces have gold roman numerals (with minutes written in numerals above), minute marks, hour hands and decorative minute hands.
The church is open at the following times;
Tuesdays 10am – 1pm April – July
Saturdays 10am – 2pm March – October
Other times by arrangement. Please contact the Parish Office 01260 273212 or email info@stpeterschurch.org.uk
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