The Parish Of Cheadle With Freehay
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The Parish Of Cheadle With Freehay |
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St. Chad, Freehay Church was founded by Richard Rawle, Rector of Cheadle, who in 1872 was consecrated as the first Bishop of Trinidad. It was the first church to be designed by Gilbert (later Sir Gilbert) Scott, and was built in 1842-3. It was consecrated as a parish church in 1846. The East Window contains its original glass by Wailes and illustrates the petitions from the Prayer Book Litany which derive from the Gospels and Acts. |
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The organ was built in 1876-7 by Nicholson and Lord Walsall, and remains substantially unaltered. The porch was added in 1940 in memory of Ernest and Reginald Plant. The church has undergone very little alteration since it was built, and remains an unusually good and interesting example of an early Victorian village church influenced by the ideas of the Oxford Movement. Since the mid 1980's Freehay parish has again become part of Cheadle parish. St. Chad's is now a Chapel of Ease within the Parish of Cheadle with Freehay.
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