St George's Church, Carrington, is in the village of Carrington

Carrington, Greater Manchester

Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of Greater Manchester Urban Area, and is the site of a large gas and chemical works, which produce gases by fractional distillation of...

, Trafford

Trafford

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, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

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, England

England

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. It has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II* listed building, but is now redundant

Redundant church

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 and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust

Churches Conservation Trust

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968...

. It stands in a relatively isolated position south of the Manchester Ship Canal

Manchester Ship Canal

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, along the northern edge of the Carrington Moss

Carrington Moss

Carrington Moss is a large area of peat bog near Carrington in Greater Manchester, England. It is south of the River Mersey, approximately south-west of Manchester, and occupies an area of about...

 industrial estate.

History

The church was built by Isaac Shaw in 1757–59 for Mary, Countess of Stamford as a chapel of ease

Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently....

 to serve the hamlets of Partington and Carrington. A chancel

Chancel

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 was added in 1872. The building is no longer used for worship. St George's was vested

Vesting

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 in the Trust on 1 March 1990.

The vicar of St Mary's, Partington and Carrington is responsible for the churchyard. Recent clearance work uncovered the graves of two soldiers who had died during the First World War.

Architecture

The church is built in brick with a stone slate roof. The plan consists of a four-bay

Bay (architecture)

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 nave

Nave

In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...

 with a small chancel. Each bay has a round-arched window. The chancel has a Venetian window and a hipped roof

Hip roof

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. Formerly a cupola

Cupola

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 was on the west end but this has been removed.

The box pew

Box pew

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s, including two family pews, are original. The font

Baptismal font

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 is based on a marble

Marble

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 wash bowl. The wooden reredos

Reredos

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 dates from around 1872. The pulpit

Pulpit

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 is a three-decker.

See also

• Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• List of churches in Greater Manchester
• List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England