Holy Ascension Church, Upton-by-Chester

Church in Cheshire, England

Holy Ascension Church,
Upton by Chester

Holy Ascension Church, Upton by Chester,
from the northwest

Holy Ascension Church,
Upton by Chester

Location in Cheshire

53°12′57″N 2°53′16″W﻿ / ﻿53.2157°N 2.8879°W﻿ / 53.2157; -2.8879
OS grid reference| SJ 408 691
Location| Church Lane,
Upton-by-Chester, Chester, Cheshire
Country| England
Denomination| Anglican
Website| Holy Ascension, Upton
History
Status| Parish church
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Heritage designation| Grade II
Designated| 1 June 1967
Architect(s)| James Harrison
Architectural type| Church
Style| Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking| 1853
Completed| 1967
Specifications
Materials| Sandstone, tile roofs
Administration
Province| York
Diocese| Chester
Archdeaconry| Chester
Deanery| Chester
Parish| Holy Ascension, Upton
Clergy
Vicar(s)| Revd Paul Newman
Curate(s)| Revd Dave O'Brien
Laity
Parish administrator| Karen Evans

Holy Ascension Church is in Church Lane, Upton-by-Chester, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

## History[edit]

Holy Ascension Church was designed by James Harrison, and built between 1853 and 1854. Transepts were added in 1958 and in 1967 by A. C. Bennett, working with the Design Group Partnership.[3]

Labour Party former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott married his wife Pauline (nee Tilston) at this church in 1961.[4]

## Architecture[edit]

The church is constructed in red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a red tile roof. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a south porch, a two-bay chancel with north and south transepts, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, standing on a plinth. It has diagonal buttresses, two-light windows, louvred bell openings and a plain parapet. The tower is surmounted by a spire containing lucarnes. The nave windows have two lights, there are three-light windows in the transepts, and east window also has three lights.[2] Stained glass is by Kempe; that in the west window is dated 1883, in the east window it is dated 1885, and elsewhere there are windows dated between 1871 and 1873.[3] The two-manual organ was made by Charles Whiteley and Company.[5]

## Churchyard[edit]

The churchyard contains Commonwealth war graves of three British Army soldiers of World War I and two soldiers and an airman of World War II.[6]

## See also[edit]

* Cheshire portal

* Listed buildings in Upton-by-Chester

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holy Ascension Church, Upton by Chester.

1. ^ The Holy Ascension, Upton, Church of England, retrieved 14 February 2012
2. ^ a b Historic England, "Church of the Holy Ascension Church, Upton by Chester (1229986)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 February 2012
3. ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 277–278, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
4. ^ Brown, Colin (29 April 2006). "Pauline Prescott: Wounded party". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
5. ^ Cheshire, Upton, Holy Ascension, Church Lane (J00117), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 14 February 2012
6. ^ [1] CWGC cemetery report, details from casualty record. Date accessed 14 September 2015.

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