St Mary

Leigh

Greater Manchester

1869-73 but concealing a 1516 tower and with a vestry added in 1910.

Architectural Features

The tower, which is also castellated, retains the C16 studded oak west doors beneath an elliptical arch

INTERIOR: C16 tower arch and evidence of original roofline and springing point of nave arcade.

Stone font, sedilia and piscina.

Also brought from the earlier church are oak canopies from the wardens seats and a C18 brass candelabra.

Encaustic tiles in choir and sanctuary.

Stained glass: windows in Lady Chapel, south aisle and several in north aisle by Shrigley and Hunt 1887-1933.